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grahamcifelli's review
3.0
Some interesting thoughts and inside knowledge of Wu but it's caked with so much psuedoscientific bull shit and rambling it's hard to find. Numerology inspired some eyerolls but hearing about how the clan went from highschoolers drinking 40s and playing chess to super stars is great. Listen to 36 Chambers and ODB.
durdahawk's review
5.0
Quick read that is incredibly poignant, yet humble. The RZA does a great job explaining the highs and lows of his life and how it was integral to his spiritual journey.
ebonyutley's review
2.0
RZA’s book is chaotic. There’s no table of contents. The random meditations, life lessons, and stories seem misplaced. His life chronology is jumbled up and difficult to follow. The pillars of wisdom aren’t parallel and they’re hard to apply. The Tao of Wu is like starting in a middle of a conversation. He is God but Allah is greater. He had the knowledge but then he pretended to forget it as his superhero alter ego. He was reborn but still dead. He’s not religious but Islam is the way. The contradictions are not self-serving as much as they’re piecemeal. They make a kind of whole that I’m not used to seeing but am trying to convince myself is still a whole. Then 2/3 of the way through and he talks about the spiritual gift of confusion and I think, maybe that’s the point. There are jewels here—tidbits of knowledge— but the book left me wondering about all the unaddressed contradictions. Again, I think that’s the point. Religion is one contradiction after another. It’s kinda what happens when you describe the indescribable.
timothy_carter's review
2.0
I’d give this less personally if it weren’t for the story telling. RZA has a great way with telling stories but as an atheist the constant scattered talk of god and religion was hard for me to see past. Was expecting more of a Taoist nature throughout but it didn’t read or feel that way to me personally.