If you don't know much about positive thinking and positive psychology you have much to learn and this book would make a good start. As someone who has studied positive psychology I didn't really learn anything, however it was an interesting and entertaining read.

I really enjoyed this book it was slightly different from the usual 'self help books' and I enjoyed how the chapters were broken up with 'checklists'

Thank you for the advanced reader copy.

I was that impressed with this book, I can’t work out if it was the content or the way in which it was written. But sadly it didn’t resonate with me.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

What an amazingly positive and delightful book. I throughly enjoyed everything about this. I would recommend everyone read this as it definitely flips the lid of negativity and gives you rationale and understanding

Happiness. We chase it. We crave it. It's so in demand...yet so scarce and fleeting.

But here's the good news. In The Happiness Revolution: A Manifesto For Living Your Best Life, bestselling authors Dr Andy Cope and Professor Paul McGee deliver a page-turning self-help book of the times, for the times. As the world wakes up to a new kind of normal, The Happiness Revolution challenges readers to sign up to an uprising of wellbeing and to making the most of the privilege of being on this planet.

The book outlines a 10-point Happiness Manifesto. Grounded in the science of human flourishing and the reality of life, the principles are simple, do-able and above all, make a difference not only to yourself but to others too. Let the fight back to mental wealth start right here.

Welcome to global domination of the happiness kind!
Great read and great addition to everyone’s self help handbooks

A really good, fun, and informative book. If you are new to positive thinking, and living your life in the way outlined in the book, you will get so much from this inspiring read.

For those of us that bought into this way of living a long time ago, it is a good reminder of why this stuff actually works.

Recommended.

Happiness is the biggest journey in life with and this book provides a look at the basics. You won't find happiness from a book but this gives you a better understanding on small things that matter at the end of the day. A fun look at a topic we all chase in some way

Maybe I'm an old grump. But this book did not make me happy.

It starts off bad - then gets worse. We begin with a series of incorrect assumptions. Apparently, there's no antonym for Doomsday (Errr, how about "Rapture"?) and apparently no one ever investigates why a hospital is performing well (ummm... Yes they do!) and no one is ever described as "stark raving happy" (hello mania! Hello full-of-joy!). Oh, and we were all much more social before apps were invented by the iPhone 🙄

No doubt there's some actual science behind all the tips and tricks - but the publishers have convinced the authors that maths is scary and should be shunned from a science book.

The authors say that it is easy to accuse them of dumbing down. Well, it is easy because it is true. The first 10% of the book is taken up with them saying how wonderful the book is. It is exhausting reading about how pleased with themselves they are. The tone of voice is full of unasked for exclamation marks and italics.

I found myself skimming the endless tedious anecdotes, it feels like being trapped in a lift with Alan Partridge telling you why there's no point in going to India when you can just visit Ipswich (I swear I am not making this up). There are some basic science errors - like claiming that humans old age used to be mid-30s; which confuses life expectancy with life span.

Once we get into the book proper - about a quarter of the way through - there are some footnoted reference for those who prefer to dig a little deeper.

It's here where the book begins to offer some concrete advice and practical steps for increasing your happiness.

If you can slog through the bonhomie, there are some reasonable tips. But it feels like this could have been a couple of blog posts or motivational posters.

It's full to the brim with trite clichés and cherry-picked inspirational quotes. The final third is just allegories. Pointless poundshop parables.

I feel unhappy crapping all over someone's hard work. As I say, there's obviously some research behind this. But the chummy tone was immediately off-putting to me, and the relentless shaggy-dog stories make it a frustrating experience.

There are loads of pop-science books which sneak their vegetables of truth under the mashed-potatoes of comfort, but this book attempts to serve veggie-nuggets of self-help soaked in honey, dipped in sprinkles, covered in chocolate, deep-fried in maple syrup, dusted with sugar, wrapped in candyfloss, and served on a marshmallow.

Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy, I guess. The book is available now.

The Happiness Revolution is like an after dinner speech in a book. If you like a lot of anecdotes. memoirs, and the personal history and experiences of the authors mixed in with the advice then this is the book for you. It is very padded out and constantly veers off on tangents and anecdotes. while reading this it feels as though someone is talking in your head without taking a breath. I probably would have enjoyed the actual after dinner speech rather than the book. To be honest there is nothing new or ground breaking in the book so it is the delivery that is the unique part. I think that that lots of people will love this book and will enjoy the stories and metaphors, but it wasn't really for me.

I really enjoyed the writing style of this book. It was humorous as well as informative. I think it was very easy to read, and didn't feel too overwhelming - sometimes these type of books bombard you with so much technical jargon that it becomes overwhelming.

Some of the info was the standard run of the mill facts and exercises, but there was a decent amount of original ideas to take from this book.

I would like to have read the audio book as I think the humour would really jump out even more via audio - even more so if the authors were the narrators.

Overall I enjoyed my reading experience of this book - just wish there was more knowledge and ideas that I could have taken away after reading.