Why I Hate Green Beans: And Other Confessions about Relationships, Reality TV, and How We See Ourselves by Lincee Ray

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Revell (February 6, 2018)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800728459
• ISBN-13: 978-0800728458

About the Book:

If there is one thing Lincee Ray has learned over the years, it's that the majority of women on the planet struggle with insecurities. Our skinny jeans mock us. Our just-trying-to-help mothers are just driving us crazy. Our social media feeds taunt us with everyone else's picture-perfect lives. 

It's enough to send you on a gummy-bear bender while binge-watching Friends reruns and not showering for a week. Lincee knows. She's been there. Right there, in fact. Gummy bears and all.

For every woman who's ever wondered if she's unlovable, uninteresting, or unattractive, Lincee offers her particular brand of hilarious (and hard-hitting) self-reflection. Like a true friend, she shows us that the fastest way to happiness is to embrace ourselves in all our imperfection, trust that God knew what he was doing when he made us, and maybe go buy a new tube of mascara. 

Walk alongside Lincee as she discovers that her identity is not found in her job, her relationship status, her bank account, or her social circle. It's found in Christ.

My Thoughts:

I fell in love with the cover, my favorite color being green.  I was also drawn in by the title, and Melanie Shankle's recommendation had me sold.  Unfortunately, I was disappointed.  "Why I Hate Green Beans" just wasn't the book I expected.

Ray started off strong, and had me laughing out loud with some of her stories.  She shared a lot about her varied career, which I didn't find interesting.  And Lincee Ray was discovered over a blog post about her popular synopsis concerning episodes of The Bachelor.

I'm not a fan of reality television, and if I was The Bachelor, Big Brother, and Survivor would be at the bottom of my list.  So I wasn't interested in that portion of the book.  The middle chapters bogged down for me.  I'm sure many will find the book fun and engaging.

It just wasn't the book for me.  I'm giving "Why I Hate Green Beans" three and a half stars, with my thanks to the publisher for my advance copy, with no services in return.

Until the next page turns, 

Deena