// Be a Triangle by Lilly Singh

I don't often read self-help books but on the rare occasions that I do, I end up disappointed. There's this voice in my head that finds it strange that people pay to know about things that somewhere already lies in the corners of their minds. But when Be a Triangle was out, I was intrigued because I've watched and enjoyed Lilly's videos over the years. The book not only looked gorgeous but also had relatively lesser pages compared to other self-help books and so I dived in.

The 112 pages of this book boils down to basically three things ; to practice self love, to meditate and to live in gratitude. There! As far as self-help goes, this book doesn't really offer much. I didn't learn anything new and Lilly's attempts at cracking jokes fell flat as well. I did however like the concept of her 'be a triangle', where she points out that our foundation has to be solid and wide (just like that of a triangle) upon which anything can be built.

I read this in an hour and ended up being disgruntled because I honestly expected more. More from a book that has a catchy title and more from someone as sensational as Lilly Singh. The illustrations too were fairly ordinary. All in all, it was a lukewarm experience.

But if at all you are interested in this light weight book that just touches upon the surface of deeper issues, then go ahead and give it a read. Who knows, you may actually enjoy it.

There's only one thing that I learnt from Be a Triangle. That self-help will probably never work for me.