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bimbum's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.75
The Te of Piglet is a great ride back to Hundred Acre Wood with Benjamin Hoff diving in to the perspective of each major character. These characters being Eyeore, Rabbit, Owl and of course, Piglet.
Hoff picks apart their mindsets while comparing and contrasting each to Piglets and provides more Taoist approaches to situations and life. While I did enjoy this read, I couldn’t help but feel that the philosophies given in this book fell short from what we learned in The Tao of Pooh. The simplicities of Taoism is what makes the way of living so fascinating and implementable in almost any scenario. In short, this book felt unnecessary when compared to its predecessor. Everything covered here is covered in the Tao of Pooh, only through the perspective of a more simple minded being, rather than a Piglet.
What is interesting, however, is the perspective of the Eye-ore, Rabbit and Owl, and how these animals can change to be kinder to the Piglet.
The Te of Piglet remains to be an interesting read, most notably in its final chapters, and serves the reader a positive outlook on life in every shape and form. For even the Piglets of the world can be the greatest, most unlikely hero everyday.
Hoff picks apart their mindsets while comparing and contrasting each to Piglets and provides more Taoist approaches to situations and life. While I did enjoy this read, I couldn’t help but feel that the philosophies given in this book fell short from what we learned in The Tao of Pooh. The simplicities of Taoism is what makes the way of living so fascinating and implementable in almost any scenario. In short, this book felt unnecessary when compared to its predecessor. Everything covered here is covered in the Tao of Pooh, only through the perspective of a more simple minded being, rather than a Piglet.
What is interesting, however, is the perspective of the Eye-ore, Rabbit and Owl, and how these animals can change to be kinder to the Piglet.
The Te of Piglet remains to be an interesting read, most notably in its final chapters, and serves the reader a positive outlook on life in every shape and form. For even the Piglets of the world can be the greatest, most unlikely hero everyday.
zap_1101's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
If you have read the Tao of Pooh a lot of these stories seem repetitive and eventually you will wonder why the first book is in the second book so much. He does eventually get to his point but I do think that the second book could have been paired down a bit more to focus on the second subject a whole lot more.
robotswithpersonality's review against another edition
Nineties attitudes are alive and well and appropriating my childhood! I would not recommend this to anyone, for any reason. If you were looking for a quick, coherent guide into the tenets of Taoism, this ain't it. If you were looking for a pop psychology/self help type book cogently examining the philosophical or spiritual traits of dear Piglet, this ain't it.
The author has opinions about everything that's wrong with society today, but they're presented as (uncited) facts and generalizations. If this was a choice to bulk up the book by matching Taoist thinking to all the ways it can fix what's wrong in the world, it's a clumsy effort. Likewise what is objectively an important environmental message gets buried under a lot of other tidbits and is left feeling out of place with the tone of the book.
Considering the amount that other people are quoted, the author may have been better off producing a book of quotations.
Don't get me started on the steaming pile that is the Eeyore Effect chapter. Definitely some toxic positivity added to the mix.
I could expound further on all the ways I found this book patronizing or offensive but I really don't want to spend any more time thinking about it.
I'll have to track down some of the actual Winnie the Pooh books to give my brain a good rinse.
The author has opinions about everything that's wrong with society today, but they're presented as (uncited) facts and generalizations. If this was a choice to bulk up the book by matching Taoist thinking to all the ways it can fix what's wrong in the world, it's a clumsy effort. Likewise what is objectively an important environmental message gets buried under a lot of other tidbits and is left feeling out of place with the tone of the book.
Considering the amount that other people are quoted, the author may have been better off producing a book of quotations.
Don't get me started on the steaming pile that is the Eeyore Effect chapter. Definitely some toxic positivity added to the mix.
I could expound further on all the ways I found this book patronizing or offensive but I really don't want to spend any more time thinking about it.
I'll have to track down some of the actual Winnie the Pooh books to give my brain a good rinse.
labunnywtf's review against another edition
2.0
I'm disappointed. I liked Tao of Pooh so much, because it took something I have absolutely zero knowledge of, which is Taoism, and put it into terms that even my 8-year old neice could understand, Winnie the Pooh.
This one veered off track a lot, and what was referenced from WtP had already been referenced in the first book. It was heavily political, which I usually like, but it was unexpected and rather jarring.
This book sort of put me into an Eeyore state of mind, which I didn't care for. I'm really disappointed.
This one veered off track a lot, and what was referenced from WtP had already been referenced in the first book. It was heavily political, which I usually like, but it was unexpected and rather jarring.
This book sort of put me into an Eeyore state of mind, which I didn't care for. I'm really disappointed.
aliazmi99's review against another edition
2.0
some sections kinda banged i wont lie, but those were the sections that drew heavy from lao zi and zhuang zi so that was lame for hoff, lowkey.
the sections that were mostly his were either rage-pieces, which were fine i guess, or kinda boomer phone bad with little nuance typa vibe. not the hottest.
piglet having a bodyguard was not deep bro
the sections that were mostly his were either rage-pieces, which were fine i guess, or kinda boomer phone bad with little nuance typa vibe. not the hottest.
piglet having a bodyguard was not deep bro
jelly_toast's review against another edition
Seemed more like this guy’s political discontent than anything to do with Taoism
papidoc's review against another edition
2.0
I picked this book up after reading The Tao of Pooh, thinking it would be a continuation of the light-hearted, mild-mannered exploration of Taoist philosophy. Nope. Its far more of an opportunity for Hoff to rant and rail against everything he finds objectionable in the world. Don't bother.
savannahwelch's review against another edition
3.0
This was interesting. I think everyone compares it to the Tao of Pooh, which is fair because I did too. I think that might be a mistake, but oh well not sure we’ll ever know. I liked this but worth 3 stars. Not sure how I felt about the political environmental turn it took mainly just because it was unexpected and not the vibe with how I thought the book was written. Anyways, I’ve seen lots of reviews saying they got half way through and then struggled to finish it and I agree with that. There were some great and fantastically hilarious parts in the first have. Very interesting.