Get it at the library. Not a bad book, but I hate it that I gave this selfish, elitist, snob any money.
343685
The woman who wrote this is a bitch.  But, it was a good story if you want a good idea of what a self absorbed, elitist, snobbish, NewYorker thinks about anyone who doesn't live in New York city.
1200794
Try as I might, I cannot call this a "book."  I have too much regard for the word "book."  This is disgusting, illogical, implausible and just total trash.  I regret having spent $2.99 and I seriously regret the hours I spent reading and believing that surely-to-goodness there would be something worthwhile perhaps on the next page.  I was soooo wrong.  There is nothing redeemable about this.  It surely does take all kinds to make a world because I just re-read the positive reviews and I feel as though we must have been reading totally different "books."  Save your money and take a nap or a walk.  You will get more benefit I promise.
3280493
Okay, I am an avid reader. I love self-help books, novels, non-fiction... basically anything I can get my hands on. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS BOOK! It is cheaply printed and has no useful information. You can gather the same information from a basic Google search and read the first couple of articles because it will articulate the same information. There is nothing ground-breaking in this book at all, and it was a waste of my time and money.

UPDATE: I read this book again. I wanted to ensure that I wasn't just pissed off one day and took it out on the book. Nope... this book still sucks. I have no idea why it has so many positive reviews.... must be all from family members and friends? There are even type setting errors in the book. I can't believe I wasted over $10 on this flimsy product.

I don't think I would be as harsh on this product if it was actually a quality printing, but it isn't. If it was quality, it would probably be somewhere between 2-3 stars. For example, I've read it twice now and the binding is already all bent. Not quality for money I spent on the book. If it was in better shape, I would seriously consider returning the book.

I re-read through all twelve steps to become more "happy." Once again I feel as if I could gather the same information from reading an article on the MSN homepage. Seriously. Do not waste your money on this book. I know that I sound like somebody who is really pissed my money was thrown away (which I am), but please do not waste your money on it. I feel as if the author is trying to become a successful motivational speaker and make tons of money off of this book and a potential tour. There is nothing groundbreaking. There is nothing new. There is nothing in this book that you don't already know by a simple google search.

Save your money, and put it towards another book. I recently red "Happiness is a Serious Problem" by Prager. I enjoyed that book a lot more, as it actually spoke to you as a person and didn't just regurgitate information from basic psychology pamphlets. I am just perplexed on why this book has so many positive reviews, as that is the sole reason why I purchased this book. I am completely flabbergasted.
3759249
I wanted to read this book, but I can't afford it as part of the 99%. I know there has to be a socialized, or free version that is free somewhere. The gall of this guy who is part of the 1% trying to steal my hard earned welfare. I'm feeling triggered! Where is my free version?
4157659
I feel like this book must have been a part of Amazon review trader or something because I can't quite understand all the positive reviews. And if it was on review trader I am irate that I paid for this because I bought it solely off those reviews. I couldn't even get past the 4th chapter it's so juvenile and childish. It does not give you ANY insight into any new or meaningful mindset other than the one thing that I, you and everyone else already knows (that positivity is good). I feel like the book was written by a 5th grader. It's just off. I am so let down by this. I want my money back :(
1587422
I shall write this review in the same style "Coop", Cooper Lawrence would have written this; uniformed, ignorant and not even have tried the product.
Why?
She set an example for me, and she wrote a book so she must be intelligent or something, so im gonna do what she does because im a ignorant self important American that loves meat with the fat.

Something something, im pretty, something something claiming to be an "overachiever" as if it means anything.  i dunno, this thing reeks of vanity and disgusts me.
i suppose i could also write a book and just say how great i am, but i don't because i know better than to waste all that money and energy on something more worthwhile.  like my gambling debts.

i give it a 5 out of 5 for being a monument to Coop's ego.
well done you vapid broad.
3845627
If you have a library near you, I would not recommend borrowing this book from it.  It's just... bad.  Really.
1614568
Don't pay for this book, google reads, borrow it from friends, I would say go to the library, but most don't have it, but don't pay for this whiny drivel.  Research that only supports her ideas and is by questionable writers, and would not pass an writing class at a junior college.

This book is little more than a hate filled whine timed to take advantage of anti-catholic attitudes.  I want my money back.
1850601
I found the read annoying, as she slips from 3rd person to 1st person.  It seems to me that should have been caught by the editor. She's like a little kid that ate the cookies with all the neighborhood kids, and decides to tattle on herself, BUT, she's going to tell on all the other kids too. In my opinion, this book is a waste of ink and trees.  I wanted to read it because I expected telltale, but, silly telltale, NOT drugs.  I don't care who did drugs.  That's their business. I don't want anyone checking out my refrigerator to see what we eat, if we eat healthy or not.  She sounds like a spoiled brat, who needed money for whatever reason and she knew this kind of book would make a lot of money for her.  I remember when she went on the tv circuit promoting it.  I was looking forward to reading it, thought it would be full of who's not speaking to whom. Who had a dinner party and didn't invite .......(?).  Who got slapped for some unknown reason.  Get this book at the library, don't bother spending your hard earned money on it.
303164
This book is just not good. In fact I really hate myself for finishing it. Save your $1 and give it to someone who needs it.
260370
Well.  We bought the book and didn't find it helpful.  I tried to return it to the author and she wouldn't refund my money.  She stated I should give it to someone who needs a crappy read.  Very unfair.
3430361
CRAP on Amazon for playing nanny.  I THINK I'LL GO ON FACEBOOK AND WARN EACH AUTHOR YOU'RE DOING THIS TO THAT YOU'RE PLAYING XTIAN LIBRARIAN OVER THEIR BOOKS AND SEE HOW FAST THEY ORDER THE PUBLISHER TO PULL THEM AWAY FROM YOU.
3288429
That line about tossing the book aside comes from the great Dorothy Parker.  Having great respect for books, I'm not advocating doing physical harm to this book.  However,  if any book deserved such treatment,  this one does. This is the first time I've reviewed a book that I didn't read beyond the first two chapters.  Those first two chapters were vile.  The author comes across as an unpleasant grump who viciously rips anyone who doesn't think the way she does.  I am not anti-vulgarity, as long as it's not overused.  Mann can't seem to write a paragraph without overloading it with profanity.  The last straw was her constant reference to her husband as "the Hubs".  If you must attempt to read this book, do yourself a huge favor and get it from your local library.  If you dislike the book as much as I did, you'll not have wasted $16 on it, unless you throw it into the trash compacter and have to pay the library for replacement.
2310537
I don't even know where to start. I found this book? series? buried in my library. It's a new year and I'm getting into cobwebbed corners of my kindle.
I only got maybe half-way into the first book. It was not good. Not good at all. I'm scratching my head what to say here. The story sounds superficial and juvenile.
I'm still scratching my head wondering if maybe one of my pets one-clicked and purchased this for me as a gift, because I'm sure I didn't. Thanks! Not appreciated though, heh.
3068572
I found this book to be terribly written and incredibly unimaginative. If you want to read it, check it out from the library and save yourself some money.
3514781
Ok I'm good ......I am not going to purchase anymore books from this series...... I waited a long time for the continuation and this all I got? I am so over it.....I spend a lot of money on books and I want a refund .......you should put all these little 2.99 books into one book ........less than a hundred pages.....don't believe the hype
1962703
With all due respect to other reviewers - all of whom hold, I'm certain, opinions which are valid in their own minds, at least - this is not a great, quirky walk through the greatest city of them all (New York), this is a poorly written, plotless, meandering, almost impossible to read way to waste your good and valuable reading time and at the same time blow $18.95 (for the hardcover, at least) which could be spent on any number of great reads which will be more satisfying or less annoying to work your way through than this.

(For that matter, if you're prepared to blow almost twenty bucks on ANYTHING more satisfying than this book, take my advice. You'll need two simple objects: (1) a twenty-dollar bill. (2) a cigarette lighter. Introduce the two to one another - trust me, you'll be way more satisfied by watching the results of that than you would by trying to finish this book.)

Here's the bottom line. Poorly written, lacking any discernable plot, meandering between maudlin, suicidal, and drunk, and it has this great feature where the words just happen to jump between italics, all capitals, bold, and non-sequitors for no apparent reason, other than to just annoy the living crap out of the reader.

All I can say is that everyone invoved in publishing this book, starting with the author, should be made to make a very large contribution to the reforestation cause of choice, to atone for the crime of chopping down even just one single little itty bitty tree to print this garbage on. As a lifelong collector and lover of books, I do not remember a more disappointing and frustrating read.