princearora's review against another edition
3.0
This book has some good points, and I respect Peterson as a thinker but the book gets too biblical for me and looses me at various points with its long winded analogies and Jesus references.
kimmi_reads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Its a slow read. The author spends several pages explaining ideas he could have written in one paragraph. Its sometimes needlessly complicated and over dramatic.
kdtoverbooked's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this take on the best tips for living the best life that you can. His rule rarely have anything to do with the tangents that he takes you off on. I am looking forward to hearing him speaking in October.
ktcarlston's review against another edition
1.0
It is just so long and so so so full of stuff - and a lot of his rules could have been blog posts. And sooo much of it was just non-sensical drivel that didn't make sense to me. Since I purchased this on audible (and returned exactly upon finishing) a lot of the info was just like listening to white noise. Some good things (like don't let your kids boss you around!) but I feel like I could have read a more entertaining parenting book and gotten that. Communicate with your spouse! I could have also read a relationship book that would have been better with that idea. But . . . . I am proud of myself for persevering through this book - but really - I probably shouldn't have wasted my time.
uriaceves's review against another edition
3.0
When reading reviews about this book I would recommend keeping in mind that Jordan Peterson is deeply hated by a very loud sector of the population, and loved by another one. This introduces a huge bias since the former wants him to be wrong at any cost (someone here actually "reviewed" the book without reading it, based on the fact that he/she watched Peterson's youtube videos) and the latter will never concede that he might be wrong in some aspects.
This book is composed basically of 12 essays. Some more interesting than others, naturally.
Sometimes the biblical references and their following discussions are unnecessary, in my opinion, he could have made the same points go across without having to support them on his interpretations of biblical passages. This being said. It's not like the bible is everywhere around the corner in the book, as some reviews here make think.
In a sense, I think is a nice book that can lead you to read other authors following the same current of ideas. Which is kind of a relief, in a world were you get leftist/rightist propaganda so easily, at least it might show you that there are deeper thoughts than what everyone repeats over and over again.
This book is composed basically of 12 essays. Some more interesting than others, naturally.
Sometimes the biblical references and their following discussions are unnecessary, in my opinion, he could have made the same points go across without having to support them on his interpretations of biblical passages. This being said. It's not like the bible is everywhere around the corner in the book, as some reviews here make think.
In a sense, I think is a nice book that can lead you to read other authors following the same current of ideas. Which is kind of a relief, in a world were you get leftist/rightist propaganda so easily, at least it might show you that there are deeper thoughts than what everyone repeats over and over again.
spoetnik's review against another edition
4.0
Better than expected. You can neglect the self help part of the book, whereas the psychological + philosophical parts are very interesting. Instead of just summing up his ideas he repeatedly questions reality and society. Good food for thought, little cliche sometimes do