The Authenticity Project: The feel-good novel you need right now

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There is a scene in the book where Monica and Alice first see each other through the café window, and both want what the other has. What does The Authenticity Project teach us about envy? I don't have many books that I couldn't finish, but there have been a few. This one now rests among their number. Let me just throw this one out at you.. and then you decide whether this is a book you would like to read... My authenticity project began in October 2019, when the end of a long-term relationship left me questioning “who am I?” One day, amidst the hurt and pain, I realised that I had the power to create my own happiness by reconnecting to the true self I had lost in the relationship. I began rebuilding but sometimes it felt a lonely process. So I created a community and space to belong.

The inauthenticity could be clever and meta. It came close with Alice, who realises her brand “was all about authenticity”, but knows her posts paint sunny lie after sunny lie. And a couple of other characters question the effect of the notebook. But overall, every paragraph felt utterly inauthentic to me.I feel bad for criticising the believability because at the end, the author says she was a Mummy blogger with a drink problem, in the same part of west London. She’s sober now, and has written and given a TED talk about her experience to help others. Nevertheless, I don’t think the old advice to “write what you know” worked. Characters in the story were all very hard to connect with. The only one who I truly understood was Alice, as I feel like we live very similar loves, only without alcohol or trips to Paris on my part (and followers, so basically, I only also find it hard to be a mother). I read it together with two of my friends, Amanda and Monika, a even though not either of us ended up liking it, we still enjoyed our conversations a jokes, so for that reason, I am very glad we read it. The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love

How well do you know the people who live near you? How well do they know you? Do you even know the names of your neighbors? Would you realize if they were in trouble, or hadn’t left their house for days? Some people withhold the truth about their lives. What would happen if you shared the truth about you? The one thing that defines you, that makes everything else about you fall into place? Would you be willing to share openly with those real people around you? Maybe telling that story would change your life, or the life of someone you’ve not yet met. That’s what I want to find out.” Desperate to confess the deep loneliness he feels, Julian begins The Authenticity Project – a small green notebook containing the truth about his life – to pass on and encourage others to share their own.Each of their words, trigger an action by the next person who reads them, eventually connecting all of the characters to one another. This is a story with a great big heart and a lot of humour. It’s a feel good read that will make you wonder about the stories of those around you and maybe encourage a little more kindness and understanding as everyone has their own authentic selves hidden inside and it may not be the image you see. The Authenticity Project follows the lives of 6 people, who have all expressed the deepest truths in a textbook that they have found. They come together from their different lives, to form friendships and bonds to last a lifetime. I disliked this ridiculous feel-good novel, stuffed with clichés and implausible caricatures of people, situations, and dialogue, and presumably sponsored by Apple *. But two friends recommended it as enjoyable, uplifting fun. I fancied something light, and the premise had promise. One of them lent me a copy, so I felt obliged to read the whole thing. I did. But I wish that I hadn’t. This is an honest review of my feelings about the book. I will say less, and be rather gentler when I return it.

We all make snap judgements about each other, and often they’re wrong. What incorrect assumptions do The Authenticity Project characters make about each other?The story is told from the perspectives of six main characters. Which of these did you associate with the most, and why? Which character is least like yourself?

Clare’s memoir - The Sober Diaries - has helped thousands of people around the world to quit drinking. There are too many other books out there that move me to force myself to read something I don't enjoy. cozy καφέ της Μόνικα, μια ομάδα αγνώστων μεταξύ τους ενώνονται με αφορμή ένα πράσινο τετράδιο. Ο Τζούλιαν Τζεσόπ, ένας μοναχικός και εκκεντρικός γέρος αποζητά μια σανίδα σωτηρίας που θα τον σώσει από τη θάλασσα της μοναξιάς. Ξεκινώντας ένα πείραμα αυθεντικότητας, καταγράφοντας την αλήθεια του σε αυτό το τετράδιο, καλεί τον επόμενο κάτοχο του να πράξει το ίδιο, ώστε να έρθουν όλοι αντιμέτωποι με αυτό που κρύβουν πολύ βαθιά: την πραγματικότητα. Στην πορεία όμως ό,τι πίστευαν πως ίσχυε για τους εαυτούς τους, αλλάζει, χάρις ενός παράγοντα που κάθε άνθρωπος αποζητά: τη συντροφικότητα. I loved that the book mainly centers around a cozy coffee shop that serves as a meeting place for the community of friends that is made. The Authenticity Projectreads like a gorgeous box of chocolates: sweet, surprising and impossible not to love. I found myself cheering, cringing, laughing and crying as I read this book and – above all – remembering the true value of community and human connection.”Julian calls his notebook The Authenticity Project. Do you think people are increasingly searching for authenticity in today’s world, and if so, why? It was a meaningful story of humanity and the connections that we can create. The ending was impactful and equally beautiful for the story that was told.