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A review by inkerly
THE ART OF BEING PRIVATE: Building In Silence by Dephne Madyara
3.0
Promising but falls short
3.5 stars
I admire the author for her self-love and beauty content on YouTube, and learning that she was also a woman of Faith made me intrigued by this book. The ART OF BEING PRIVATE is partly a guidebook, part sermon on how living a private, intuitive lifestyle where you, God, and your spouse are at your center—-all the noise of fake friends, prying family members, town gossipers, fraudulent people of social media, and the like should fade to the background. The main reasoning being, in order to prosper you have to be true to yourself and not rely on other people for validation or confidence, only you and the Lord can do that. I think this is a great starter for people who are at a crossroads in their life where they feel constantly deceived and misguided by people who they “spill” all their business to, with no positive gain in return, but I felt this book was only good for just that—-appealing to one very narrow specific person.
It’s better than other religious self help book I’ve read, and I have to give credit that there’s some solid advice and even prayer examples for the reader, but this book didn’t move me in any way, and I found the one-note examples a bit too vague. I’d also hoped there’d be more personal anecdotes from the author on how she followed her steps (which really aren’t steps but general advice for certain situations), but her personal life and testimony is only mentioned in the beginning.
I think this book could have benefited more with more personal testimonies from the author , more editing to make it easier to read , and perhaps even a co-sign by the authors husband, whom she attributes a lot of gratitude towards.
3.5 stars
I admire the author for her self-love and beauty content on YouTube, and learning that she was also a woman of Faith made me intrigued by this book. The ART OF BEING PRIVATE is partly a guidebook, part sermon on how living a private, intuitive lifestyle where you, God, and your spouse are at your center—-all the noise of fake friends, prying family members, town gossipers, fraudulent people of social media, and the like should fade to the background. The main reasoning being, in order to prosper you have to be true to yourself and not rely on other people for validation or confidence, only you and the Lord can do that. I think this is a great starter for people who are at a crossroads in their life where they feel constantly deceived and misguided by people who they “spill” all their business to, with no positive gain in return, but I felt this book was only good for just that—-appealing to one very narrow specific person.
It’s better than other religious self help book I’ve read, and I have to give credit that there’s some solid advice and even prayer examples for the reader, but this book didn’t move me in any way, and I found the one-note examples a bit too vague. I’d also hoped there’d be more personal anecdotes from the author on how she followed her steps (which really aren’t steps but general advice for certain situations), but her personal life and testimony is only mentioned in the beginning.
I think this book could have benefited more with more personal testimonies from the author , more editing to make it easier to read , and perhaps even a co-sign by the authors husband, whom she attributes a lot of gratitude towards.