Maybe 2.5. I had high hopes for this book but was pretty disappointed. It was neither memoir nor self-help, but read as a list of thoughts and advice regarding the author’s very specific personal experience with anxiety, which she then applied universally to all anxious people. The odd style mixed with unnecessary name-dropping, her unawareness of her privileged perspective, and the lack of narrative direction or even clear themes even within chapters, made it a pretty disjointed read.

However, I appreciate her willingness to write about her experience and there were several bits that made me look at my anxiety in a new way, which I appreciate. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend and probably wouldn’t have finished if I hadn’t purchased it. Great cover art tho!