I like the cover of this one, it's eye-catching with the cute little angry apple. I also liked the name, because Hangry is clear and understandable - I knew straight away what this book was going to be about.
After reading the first 31 pages, I'm not so sure about 'hangry' mostly because I feel a little patronised. I'm giving the MASSIVE caveat that because the book doesn't get into the actual 'self-help' part of the book in those first 31 pages, so I can't talk about how helpful I think the hanger management strategies could be. I do think the introduction came across patronising, and by the time I got to the end of the introduction I wanted to skim read it to get it over with. Maybe it's just not for me, but after reading all the cutesy stories about the horrors of being hangry, I just wanted to roll my eyes. Everything was described a little too dramatically, and I couldn't connect with the narrative at all. Maybe I'd find the actual strategies helpful but this hasn't really encouraged me to try.
After reading the first 31 pages, I'm not so sure about 'hangry' mostly because I feel a little patronised. I'm giving the MASSIVE caveat that because the book doesn't get into the actual 'self-help' part of the book in those first 31 pages, so I can't talk about how helpful I think the hanger management strategies could be. I do think the introduction came across patronising, and by the time I got to the end of the introduction I wanted to skim read it to get it over with. Maybe it's just not for me, but after reading all the cutesy stories about the horrors of being hangry, I just wanted to roll my eyes. Everything was described a little too dramatically, and I couldn't connect with the narrative at all. Maybe I'd find the actual strategies helpful but this hasn't really encouraged me to try.