Backwards Beauty: How to feel ugly in 10 simple steps by Jessie Minassian


official summary:
If ten girls were asked to describe the “perfect” girl, they would likely rattle off an eerily similar list of qualities―from hair, skin, and weight to a cute button nose. That’s a problem, because God has given girls a desire to be desirable. If girls think that they will be most wanted if they fit a one-size-fits-all image of “perfection,” they will continually chase that proverbial carrot their entire lives.

Backwards Beauty examines ten cultural lies young women listen to regarding beauty to help them unpack how they’re looking at themselves through the wrong lens. The “tips to feel ugly” range from “compare yourself to every other girl” to “eat junk and diet, diet, diet.”
My thoughts:
I loved this book!!! It took me a while to get through it because I kept on having to stop and then come back a couple of days later. But I am proud to say I know how to feel ugly and it only took 10 steps!
The thing with beauty is that it is in the eye of the beholder. This book describes what the typical teen girl's thought are on what society wants them to be then says God doesn't care! I love that because it is true. But then you say, well I can't change the way I think! Jessie talks about that too and coaches you on how to think a little bit differently without taking away from who you are and helps you figure out what you can do instead that will help you in life and with your relationship with God. She talks about how it is okay to want to be beautiful but it needs to be for the right reasons.
I really liked how this book was written. Jessie Minassian wrote it alike she was talking to you and having a conversation with you. Books like that are cool but she wrote it like you were her best friend. I  write this way a lot so it was cool to read it and see the impact it has.
She unapologetically talks about God and I love it when people do that too. So basically the writing style was how I write and I loved experiencing the impact it has on the reader! It also has devotional type questions at the end for you to respond to.
This book is a very good Teen/YA girl's, devotional and self worth, Christian book. Buy on Amazon.com!
I received a free copy of this book from Tyndale House Publishers in for a honest review in return.
God thinks you're beautiful!
K. Duersch

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