Girl, Wash Your Face

by Rachel Hollis

[ibeforem]

I wasn't familiar with Rachel Hollis before I started this book, and honestly only picked it up because so many people in my universe were talking about it. What I didn't pick up on before I started it was that it was going to have such a Christian angle to it. I can't say that made it terrible, but it meant that a lot of it didn't really speak to me.

I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed Hollis's narration, but I found that after a while I was just listening to it out of curiosity, and didn't really take anything away from it for my personal life. I guess I liked her personal stories the best, just because I like to hear people talk about their lives. The whole story about how she met her husband was a little alarming, but I appreciated her talking about her struggles in the foster care system (though I hope it doesn't scare anyone away from foster care!). Her career path is definitely not one that most people can follow, but it makes for a nice story?

Like I said, I didn't hate this but I also didn't take anything away from it, personally. I've already figured out that I can't control how other people think about me.