Grow the F*ck Up; How to Be an Adult and Get Treated Like One by Sarah Knight was not my cup of tea. Maybe it is for a younger and more immature audience? This was not for me, personally. I am still thankful that I got to read this!

Although I am probably not the target audience since I think and have been told I am the “adultiest adult in the room”, I still enjoyed this book. I am a fan of Sarah knight and her no bullshit advice and style, and I look forward to gifting this to many young adults. My only complaint- way too many acronyms, I kept forgetting what they stood for and was confused.

I love Sarah Knight and this book is a good representation of her incredible work, but it just wasn’t for me. I would recommend it for a new graduate or young adult, but I’m grateful most of the skills taught her no longer apply to me in my thirties!

This was a DNF for me. It was cringe-y, not particularly helpful, and a little too try hard.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I had to take a quick break while reading, and pretty much forgot everything I had read. It was at a point where I didn't immediately realize that I was rereading a whole chapter. I'm a big fan of the advice Sarah Knight offers in her other books, and seeing as how she even admits that she repeats a lot of that in this book one would think I'd like this as a refresher course; but it didn't really feel that way.
From what I remember most of it is good advice: accountability, responsibility, definitely things a lot of people need to hear, but it just felt all over the place.

Nothing particularly special. Another "adulting" book but I didn't find this one extra informative or anything. Just 'eh' for me.

I felt like I needed more from this book. Filled with humor, I was left without gaining much inspiration, advice or wisdom. I think I simply needed more direction here. If I am correct, this is a follow up to a previously written book. It sort of followed in the same vein and kept me wanting more inclination with what to do.

This book wasn’t my cup of tea. The author seems to want to be comical but I was looking for real keys of wisdom based on the title and subtitle of the book.

This is book intended for a wide audience, the author herself suggests ages 20-41. Sarah Knight gives real, approachable, and direct ideas on how to manage being an adult. This guide to being a grown up covers all the bases. I appreciate the proactive suggestions for a successful transition into adulthood. A great gift for the graduate or any still floundering in adulthood.

This book was just okay for me. It had some good information and some eye opening. But I feel like something like this was already written and it was called The Art of Not giving a fuck...

I will recommend this to all readers!!!!

This book presents itself as infantilizing adults and attempts to sound cool. Almost a third of this book could be taken out because it's this round about way of talking to the reader when it could be presented more straight-forward. As a 20-something, I had hoped this book would be more helpful, but I feel like this is for the kid straight out of college who doesn't know how to do anything but party.

Sarah Knight always gives sound advice with a fun spin! If you’ve read any of her other books you’ll recognize the writing style with helpful graphics and lists. While some may find the language harsh, I don’t and I loved this one as much as the rest. Not your grandmas advice book but one that’s current. Many thanks to the publisher and netgalley for this copy for review.

Disappointing read that missed the mark. The author is trying much too hard to sound like a young, hip, cool 20-something, when it’s obvious she’s none of those things and more likely in her 40s, since her writing style is solid and shows that she has previous writing experience.

However, since she’s not as young, cool or hip as she’s trying to portrait in her book, she pitifully tries to mask it by acting “cool” with swearing and alcohol drinking references. The teens or 20-something’s she’s trying to reach by choosing that type of vernacular with this book will see right through this charade, not that they will be reading it anyhow.

It’s unfortunate that she feel the need to be try and be someone she’s obviously not, and really doesn’t relate to, because it only serves to undermine her writing and the message of the book becomes lost. By the end of the short book, a reader cannot help but begin to wonder, if it is not in fact, the author that need to take her own advice and “Grow the F Up”.

Thank you to Netgalley for my ARC of this book to read and review.

Ugh. This was a DNF for me. I love the idea but she is trying so hard to be cool and it’s just cringey. There’s no way my grown kids would read this book. I couldn’t read this book. It’s utterly littered with cuss words for no other reason than to seem cool. I like words that start with F as much as the next person but there needs to be a reason for them. This book just goes on and on trying to be funny and still hadn’t shared a single bit of wisdom until 24% into the book when she gave several pages of advice on how to start brushing your teeth. I’m not saying that’s not important and that it’s not an issue for some people, but you don’t need several pages of more cutesy swearing and stories to tell people to either tie it to a habit (like brush them right after you pee for the first and last time of the day) or to an incentive (like do something you like on your phone only after you’ve brushed them for the morning). There’s just so much talking and swearing and trying to seem cool and fun, and so little substance.

I may try to pick this up again later but for now it was nearly physically painful to keep reading. I’m not sure but I think that means I’m not grown up enough to make myself finish it?

I read a digital copy of this book via NetGalley.

This is the right aggressive-aggressive (not passive-aggressive) book to put into the hands of the BFB (Big Fucking Babies) in your life--the perpetually disorganized and late roommate, the weaponized incompetence boyfriend, the lazy dipshit sibling. Of course, if you're the BFB, take Knight's direct advice and get your shit together--be nice to people, competent at work, live like a clean human being and figure out how to cut your dependence on other people to handle your basic life needs.