Cottagecore: A Simple Guide To The Cottagecore Lifestyle

by Beatrix Barker

Want to know the secret to simple living? The secret is Cottagecore ! Life today is hectic; we’re constantly juggling the pressures of work and family life and if that is not enough we are all suffering from information overload. We often find ourselves surrounded by loved ones yet we feel compelled to stare at our phones or tablets in silence instead of connecting with the very people alongside us. Cottagecore is a concept about embracing a simpler more authentic life. Cottagecore is getting up early to bake some fresh bread, Cottagecore is curling up in front of the fire with a good old fashioned paperback book, Cottagecore is enjoying a picnic on a sunny spring day. This guide will give you tips on how to stop the hectic rat race and enjoy a more simple and wholesome style of living. This cute little book will help you adopt the Cottagecore concept into your life with the help of the 20 day #CottagecoreChallenge. This simple guide to Cottagecore will warm your heart and help heal your soul. Grab your copy now!

Genres: Nonfiction, Audiobook

48 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 2, 2021

Reviews

[Estíbaliz Montero Iniesta · Rating 1 out of 5]

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Más que un libro, podría considerarse un artículo de revista por su corta extensión, pero ese no es el problema.

-El primer problema es que la palabra «guía» del título está fatal utilizada. No es una guía útil y práctica para implantar el estilo cottagecore en la vida diaria, se limita a explicarte un poco los orígenes y te da cuatro pinceladas básicas sobre actividades que pueden considerarse cottagecore, pero ni ahonda ni da consejos verdaderamente útiles para empezar. Como mucho, te da una lista de 20 puntos/ideas a modo "reto".

-El segundo problema es que no da la sensación de ser una obra enfocada hacia la gente que quiere abrazar la vida cottagecore y no sabe por dónde empezar, si no que parece destinado a reírse un poco de esta tendencia «woke», de los vestidos hippies floreados y de hacer pan casero.

-Aunque es interesante el tema de "analizar" (tanto como se puede en tan pocas páginas) que es un movimiento que tomó fuerza a partir de 2018, la mención de la posible influencia de Greta Thunberg y el impacto de la pandemia sobre esta tendencia o modo de vida, la autora lo enfoca como si hubiera nacido totalmente ese año, cosa con la que no estoy de acuerdo. Tampoco me parece acertado decir que la mentalidad hygge danesa se inventó en 2010, según tengo entendido es muy muy anterior a esa fecha. Habría que diferenciar mejor entre resurgimiento y creación, la verdad.

-Sí que aprecio la puntualización de la ironía que supone que un movimiento que defiende la desconexión del mundo digital y promueve vivir más conectados con la naturaleza sea tan inmensamente popular en redes y que su estética sea fruto de tantos miles de publicaciones online.

Tampoco recomiendo demasiado escuchar el audiolibro, porque no me ha gustado nada cómo lo hacía el narrador. Me daba la sensación de que él considera todo el tema del cottagecore una sandez y que dejaba traslucir su opinión en la inflexión de su voz. En general, le ha dado un tono bastante condescendiente a todo el libro, aunque es cierto que parte de eso también se desprende de la elección de palabras de la autora.

En definitiva, no es un libro demasiado respetuoso con lo cottagecore o que se lo tome en serio, además de que literalmente critica a las "chicas" (específicamente) que se inician en hobbies como el crochet o el punto.

[Laura Lane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun little book. I had no idea that the way that I have been living for many years now have a name. I'm just an old fashioned girl living an old fashioned life. I love my flower dresses, I love homeschooling, I love reading real books, I love being cozy, I love vintage items, I love flowers and romantic music, I love tea and china dishes. I love lace, I love candles, I love soup simmering on the stove, I love baking from scratch. And I love homemade bread. I was cottagecore when cottagecore wasn't cool.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was more of a magazine article than a book. The tone frequently came across as condescending, although part of that may have been the audiobook narrator. I really know nothing more about cottagecore than I did when I started the book.

[Ericka · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not for Anyone Really Into Cottagecore

It's a rather tongue in cheek book that's not really respectful of the Cottagecore movement and seems to confuse it with Bohemian. I'm sure there are readers who will like it, but definitely not for me.

[Jade Pope · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this

Words cannot describe how much I enjoyed this book I love it it’s amazing and is full of handy tips

[Linn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Firstly, as a Scandinavian I'm here to tell you that the word hygge( Danish,) hyggelig/koselig ( Norwegian) and mys( Swedish) existed well before 2010. It's a thing, an old way of life. This book gave me nothing. I think I'll write a book about cottagecore myself. It's not just about flowery fabric.

[Jenn Deelstra · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can’t imagine why anyone would bother writing a 5 minute long condescending “book” about something that is intended to make people happy. Ridiculous!
I don’t even write book reviews, but I write this one in the hopes of saving someone the five minutes.
Make a coffee and stare at the wall instead. Trust me, it will be much more enjoyable!

[Jean Tremaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I expected

There is not much to this book. It reads more like a piece of fluff for a magazine article without any of the pretty pictures. I read it because the term
'cottage core' came up in discussion and it does give one a betterT understanding of that term.

[GAL · Rating 1 out of 5]

Book?

This is a book? No information, just some ramblings., some hand drawn pictures and other nonsense fillers. Not a book, not good...do not bother.

[Pastel]

No.

Weirdly does not feel like it was written by a human, though I'm pretty sure it wasn't written by AI. I think I mean to say whatever ghost writers make up Beatrix Barker wrote a few different essays and then merged them together to make a quick buck off a trend.

Really weird tangent about being Japanese and a really wild claim that hygge was invented in 2010, among other things that will make you roll your eyes.

I had the audiobook. The narrator was great!

[ems_booknook · Rating 2 out of 5]

not really helpful

As someone who is looking to embrace the Cottagecore way of life, this book was mostly unhelpful. It had a few cute things to do but didn’t really give much insight about how to begin on that oath. It was more of just a “do some of these things for a challenge or something different.” Wasn’t for me unfortunately.

[Whitney · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is kind of a funny little book... Very snarky. I wouldn't say it's for people that actually want to learn about how to live a cottagecore life... it's more geared towards Boomers who want to poke fun at the nature loving, "woke" people wearing floaty "hippy dresses" and baking sourdough bread when they could just buy bread from the store. It seems to be addressing the "cottagecore" aesthetic and movement as a brand new phenomenon that only happened since 2019 and was something people were embracing because of the pandemic and to get Instagram likes. It perhaps took off recently, but the history of its popularity has been around since before it was officially named on Tumblr in 2018. The blog "Posie Gets Cozy" is about as cottagecore as it gets, and it's been popular since the early 2000s. I know I've been following her since 2007 or 2008.

I did appreciate when the book pointed out that while the movement is intended to get people to spend less time on screens and more time in nature and, ironically, the movement has spread like wildfire through social media and to be a "true cottagecorer" means following millions of posts online.

[Eliza · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read as audiobook

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

A disappointment!

I’ve read longer and more useful magazine articles. I’m glad I didn’t have to pay for this book. Don’t waste your time.

[Jean Long-Green · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was looking for something more in depth. I could have found as much in an online article.

[Yvette Ruiter · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know if this was a real book, to be honest, or if they wanted to make fun of the community. Glad to finish this and that it was a short read.

[Lemon Twist · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its was a cute overview

[Sarah Jean · Rating 1 out of 5]

There is less information here than in most magazine articles.