Tara Schuster does it again with this second book on trauma and healing. She is a fantastic writer who makes a non fiction book feel like a cup of coffee with a friend. I highly recommend this book to anyone with parents.

Tara hit it out of the park again. A warm and witty self-help type book that is so highly relatable. A wonderful read.

Thank you #partner Random House Publishing for our gifted copy of Glow in the F*cking Dark by Tara Schuster.

This book is available on February 28, 2023

Rating: 5 star
Genre: Nonfiction/Self Help

Thoughts: This feels appropriate to say based on the title....I LOVED this book so f*cking much!

If you are the person that wants to like self-help books but cannot get into them, you need to pick up Tara Schuster's books. I loved the first one and I love this one just as much.

What sets her books apart is the humor and relatability in the lessons that she talks about. Do you takeaway several life lessons in her book? Absolutely. But, it's the way in which she teaches them that feels very human. It also just feels like you are listening to a friend tell you stories about her life too!

PLEASE go pick this book up and then thank me later!!!

I love Tara Schuster, and Glow in the F*cking Dark is another wonderful "self-help" book with practical tips to help guide you through some tough times. She's such a good storyteller and her guidance is just really perfect for anyone in a tough stage in their life.

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book! I will be posting my review on social media, to include Instagram, Amazon, Goodreads, and Instagram!

Tara has done it again. She’s so relatable and her struggles are so familiar to me. I really appreciate her honesty about her mental health. Even the title is exciting!

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I liked this book as much as I liked the author's previous book!

I was excited to read this as I had heard really good things about Schuster's first book. I enjoyed the author's humor and honesty, but overall felt the tone and format were off-putting. I would recommend this for people in their twenties or thirties as I think that's the primary audience. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Tara Schuster did it again! Great reminder that we are always changing, always evolving, always trying to get better. I appreciate Tara's honesty and rawness in her writing while also guiding readers that are going through the same struggles she has experienced.

Tara Schuster's "Glow in the F*cking Dark" is an honest and practical guide for healing your past and owning your future. Schuster shares her own story of overcoming a tough childhood and finding strength, bravery, and joy in the face of darkness.

Her message of self-care, healing, and self-love is evident throughout the book, and her personal experiences provide valuable lessons for anyone dealing with emotional trauma. Schuster's writing is accessible and relatable, making "Glow in the F*cking Dark" an essential read for anyone looking to create a life they love.

I would recommend this book to anyone struggling with their past, or anyone who feels stuck in their life. If you want to not feeling alone, this book is for you. Schuster shows us that it is possible to find hope and healing, even in the darkest of times.

Oh you know… just me talking with my therapist a couple of weeks ago about how important it is to heal your past and then this book shows up all of a sudden. It. Was. Amazing.

Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for providing an advanced copy to review. I was SO excited to read this book. So excited! I loved the author’s first book and am on her mailing list because I feel like she’s someone I’d be friends with IRL if I was you know, 10 years younger, LA adjacent and funny. I was happy for her when she announced that she’d gotten a contract for a second book. Did I mention I was excited for this book? Because I really, really was. Unfortunately I didn’t love this book, I’m somewhere between tolerating and liking it. The good: she’s vulnerable and shares deeply personal experiences to illustrate points. There are a lot of topics covered that I think many people can relate to and helpful bite-sized suggestions. She doesn’t pretend to have more expertise other than experience. Some of the writing is charming and witty. However, what killed this book for me was it really felt like she was trying too hard to be funny. I hated the tone and all the footnotes. Why all the footnotes? It felt inauthentic and unfinished and then wrapped up with a how to be yourself pep talk about glowing. I may be in the minority, but this was a big miss for me.

Finished this super helpful book by Tara Schuster last night! It comes out in March and you’ll want to add it to your TBR! I loved the first book she wrote and this was almost as good. It was fascinating to read the raw stories Tara shares in this book and I especially enjoyed her comments at the end of each chapter. I was LOL at them. She has such a talent for comedy.

The other part of this book that has be suggesting that everyone get a copy when they can... Tara's tools for how to find your glow even when you're battling the dark times. I suffer from depression and anxiety so this is a highly relatable topic for me and even though I've been on a healing journey for some years, Tara still manages to provide a new way of coping and looking at mental health.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy. It was just what I desired!

It was a slow takeoff on this book but it got better as the book went on. Definitely some useful advice in the pages and it almost needs to be read by the younger generations. Maybe stop them from making some mistakes.

Another brutally honest, heartbreaking and at times funny look at Tara's ongoing journey of self-discovery and self-care. I feel so seen when I read her work! Keep it up, T$!!

I squealed with delighted when I received a digital ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my opinion because I had been waiting for Schuster's second book ever since I closed her first phenomenal self-care hit "Buy Yourself the F*cking Lillies". Her collection of essays related to healing your soul does exactly that-- she teaches you through relating her personal experiences as to the various things you can do to not only heal with the things we've come to affectionately call "tro-mah" (money woes, childbearing concerns, parent/child relationships, work environment), but to also glow like the confident shooting stars that our author believes that her readers can be. I felt the love and healing as I read these pages, and much like its predecessor "Lillies", I'll be buying a copy to put on my shelf to refer to over and over again.

I am already telling people about this book. I can't believe I have to wait so long to actually purchase a copy to reread and write in! Tara (and I said it the "right" way in my head) has done it again. In fact, when I get my copy, it's going right next to Glennon on my shelf. Wow. There aren't enough words to express how healing this book was for me. I read it at the perfect time for me and know it will resonate with so many others. Bravo!