The audiobook is terrible--whoever they got to narrate it should find a new job. It sounds harsh, but seriously. Aside from that, this is a rather long-winded book filled with the anthropomorphization of inanimate objects, backstory on Marie Kondo's journey to what she believes to be the One True Path™ to tidying your home. She speaks in guarantees and absolutes, which one should never trust. She's from Japan, where I assume things, like how living spaces are built and laid out,are very different than they are here because some of her suggestions make no sense when applied to living spaces I'm familiar with. A condensed version, containing just the instructions for applying the KonMari method, is probably what most people were expecting when they picked this book up.

All of that being said, I actually like the KonMari Method. I think it could work for a lot of people, assuming they are willing to actually discard what is likely to be a significant portion of their belongings. I appreciate that at no point does she tell you you have to get rid of things or that you can only keep a certain number of things. It all hinges on what brings you joy. If your collection of 782 cereal box toys brings you joy, you keep them. If having 638 unread books on your shelf makes you happy, then by all means, keep those books. No judgement, no pressure. Just be honest about what actually brings you joy and what doesn't.

The central idea here is good. The KonMari Method is good. All the extra stuff and the horrible audiobook narration, not as good.