Offline Humans: How to Stop Scrolling and Reconnect with the Real World

by Natalie Alzate

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

240 pages, Hardcover

Published October 7, 2025

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

From what I can tell, this is a pretty good book. I'd honestly expected AI drivel after seeing the back cover copy, but I was pleasantly surprised that an actual human wrote it. (Always a plus these days.)

I say "from what I can tell" though, because whoever did the layout on this thing completely disregarded the fact that people with nonstandard vision exist. There were large portions of the thing, even with my heavy-duty glasses, where I couldn't read a word. Tiny little fonts in gray on white backgrounds, or, the worst -- white text on a medium-pink background. They may as well have just sneezed on the page, handed it to me, and said READ IT.

I'll also say that it's a very pretty book, aesthetically speaking. The sprayed edges are pretty, the illustrations are nice, and the layout of the information I could actually read was really good.

I just wish I could have read it all.

[Fanny Bureau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a lot of concrete info/steps and more of a journal. Very repetitive but some good journaling prompts here and there.

[Stephanie Dargusch Borders · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is a lot to love about this book. First off, it’s beautifully crafted. The graphics, colors, and craftsmanship are fantastic. It’s also very helpful as far as ideas and inspiration on how to spend your time creatively as opposed to doom scrolling. It’s a fantastic book to read as we head into the new year and there are a lot of journaling prompts to create a guideline for how you want your life to look. It’s broken up into segments of time: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. There’s a lot of discussion about the accompanying journal that the author has put out but it’s not necessarily something you have to buy to get the full experience—the author includes many of the journal features in the book.

That said I’ve now convinced myself that I need to buy both the book and the journal (I read the latter via the library) so I definitely recommend. I have a bad track record with planners so we’ll see if it works out for me. 😅

[Jyra · Rating 3 out of 5]

while this book does have some helpful suggestions and information, it definitely feels less practical for someone who has children and their schedules/activities etc.
It does feel a little bit like it is pushing the reader to buy the journal the author also has.

[Marti · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wish I could read this book. The design is not at all accessible, with thin font in pale colors and sometimes 9pt size! Seems like there may be some good stuff in here, but I’m not willing to give myself a headache to try to read it.

[Haley Christianson · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 - Not what I was expecting. I found the workbook to be very self promoting, which I am not fully against. But it just felt odd to have a book focused on not using social media be promoting a social media account...

[Candy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This slim book is packed with strategies for cutting back on digital time.