Book Review: Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

 How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person

Shonda Rhimes, the creator of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice and How to Get Away with Murder was challenged by her sister to make changes to her life by saying YES to everything and in the book, she reveals how is has changed her life.

I was looking forward to reading this book as I thought it would be very funny – and it some parts it was funny, but I also found it a bit narcissistic as it began with Shonda talking about how beautiful she was – and it continued in this manner – with Shonda bragging about owning Thursdays nights on ABC as three of her hit shows are shown one after another from 8pm to 11pm.

The spirit of his book, of saying Yes to everything is applaudable and something we all should do as it breaks down barriers and helps us confront our fears and leads to interesting opportunities. This aspect of the book was inspiring.

It was interesting reading about the different shows as I am a fan of them all, and of the character and how some of them came about.  That was my favourite part of the book.

However, overall I was slightly disappointed by the book as Shonda was very boastful, but there were a couple of inspiring points such as ‘Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be”