The reviews are in:\u00a0Ivanka Trump\u00a0new book is \u201cvapid\u201d at worst, \u201cearnest\u201d at best, and \u201ca strawberry milkshake of inspirational quotes\u201d somewhere in between. \u201cWomen Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success<\/em>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>went on sale Tuesday and seemed to\u00a0immediately incite criticism\u00a0from all corners of the internet. Trump has explained that the book is meant to \u201cinspire you to redefine success and architect a life that honors your individual passions and priorities.\u201d However,\u00a0the self-help approach has been described in noticeably harsher terms in the book reviews that have come out since its release.\u00a0Take for example, The\u00a0New York Times\u2019 Jennifer Senior, who indeed described the book as \u201ca strawberry milkshake of inspirational quotes\u201d \u201cperfect for a generation weaned on Pinterest and\u00a0goop.com,\u201d adding: Self-actualization is the all-consuming preoccupation of \u201cWomen Who Work.\u201d In this way, the book is not really offensive so much as witlessly derivative, endlessly recapitulating the wisdom of others, accepting as genuine those self-help and business books by Stephen Covey, Simon Sinek, Shawn Achor, Adam Grant. (Profiting handsomely off the hard work of others appears to be a signature Trumpian trait.) For a while, it reads like the best valedictorian speech ever.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Business Insider\u2019s Kate Taylor\u00a0agrees, at least when it comes to Trump\u2019s penchant for regurgitating other people\u2019s advice. \u201cThe book reads like a mashup of countless essays and articles written in the past decade\u00a0aimed at female entrepreneurs. That isn\u2019t to say all the advice is bad, it\u2019s just that little is new.\u00a0The book borrows heavily from books like Sheryl Sandberg\u2019s \u201cLean In,\u201d Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston\u2019s \u201cHow Remarkable Women Lead,\u201d and backlogs of\u00a0IvankaTrump.com.\u00a0Her worldview it turns out, is not so different from her father\u2019s. Both see society through the lens of quasi-mystical corporate self-help, the sort pioneered by Norman Vincent Peale, author of\u00a0The Power of Positive Thinking\u00a0and a major influence on Donald Trump. In their scheme of life, success is proof of virtue and people are to blame for their own misfortune. If Ivanka Trump hasn\u2019t expressed any outrage at the cruelties her father is inflicting on the poor and vulnerable, it may well be because she doesn\u2019t feel any. HuffPost\u2019s own Emily Peck\u00a0similarly remarked upon the First Daughter\u2019s inability to \u201crealize just how much being wealthy, white and famous helped her out in life.\u201d Ivanka\u2019s life seems pretty smooth but in her book, she reveals struggles, like the time Anna Wintour heard that she was about to graduate from college and called out of the blue with a job offer,\u00a0a challenge familiar to so many aspiring writers. Lol! Book world ire is hardly new for Ivanka Trump. Just last month, a horde of social media-savvy librarians schooled the author after her\u00a0tone-deaf\u00a0#NationalLibraryWeek tweet applauding libraries when her father had just proposed a budget cut of $230M to cultural agencies which $213M of that go to library grants.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Will Ivanka Trump\u2019s Book Change How People View Her?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Actually yes.\u00a0 The book I feel is a much more personal insight of who she really is than she knows and people will see that!\u00a0 Whether it be negative or positive, she has exposed an underbelly of her entitled views on working women.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ten of Swords:<\/strong><\/p>\n This card represents a difficult life situation.\u00a0 I feel this card shows Ivanka is not having a fun time being a target of criticism for her failures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Six of Cups:<\/strong><\/p>\n This card represents forgiveness and also nostalgia for the past.\u00a0 I believe this card shows she has a tough time \u201cforgiving\u201d her attackers and just might be wishing she had her old life back.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Magician: Inverted (Upside Down)<\/strong><\/p>\n This card represents manifesting what you want but since it is inverted, it also shows tricks and illusions. I feel Ivanka feels her position was offered in a \u201csmoke and mirrors\u201d illusion.\u00a0 Nothing is turning out the way it was promised her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ivanka Trump \u2018Vapid\u2019 New Book Earns a Series of Savage Reviews The reviews are in:\u00a0Ivanka Trump\u00a0new book is \u201cvapid\u201d at worst, \u201cearnest\u201d at best, and \u201ca strawberry milkshake of inspirational quotes\u201d somewhere in between. \u201cWomen Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success\u201d\u00a0went on sale Tuesday and seemed to\u00a0immediately incite criticism\u00a0from all corners of the internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[835],"class_list":{"0":"post-6212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celeb-news","8":"tag-ivanka-trump"},"yoast_head":"\nSusan Z\u2019s Conclusion:<\/h2>\n