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How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life by Pat Williams, Jim Denney
bejouled's review against another edition
4.0
Ugh! I was so close to loving this book. It's really a great, detailed biography of Walt Disney - which is why I still gave it 4 stars. But at every opportunity, the author would start talking about how faith in God and Christian values were important.
I'm not Christian. I'm agnostic, leaning heavily towards atheism. So to have a book repeatedly tell me that you must be faithful to be a good person REALLY got on my nerves.
I learned a lot about Walt and the book was engaging to read, but now I'm just irritated.
I'm not Christian. I'm agnostic, leaning heavily towards atheism. So to have a book repeatedly tell me that you must be faithful to be a good person REALLY got on my nerves.
I learned a lot about Walt and the book was engaging to read, but now I'm just irritated.
jomarch436's review against another edition
4.0
This was an excellent book. It was very interesting and inspiring. I really enjoyed all the little stories. I also enjoyed that this book was mainly objective; it didn't talk about Walt in a bad way, and it didn't sing his praises all the time. I didn't like all the quotes on the side of the page. They could be distracting, and they often were all saying similar things. Also, I think the author assumed some things, and you should NEVER do that when writing non-fiction. And the author was a little preachy when talking about god. And he mixed up religious and spirituality. They are not the same thing. Anyway, I just felt like he spent a little too much time talking about God. Walt was a spiritual man, but he didn't have to go on and on about it.
ndfarrell's review against another edition
3.0
I loved learning about Walt Disney. He was such a fascinating person, and the story of the creation of the Disney empire was very interesting. I did not love the format of the book. The end of each chapter lists ways to be 'like Walt', and those parts felt sort of like a self-help book. I skimmed through them so that I could get the stories out of them, though. The tone of the book was a bit tiring - as though Walt Disney could do no wrong. Despite this shortcomings, however, I really liked the book. I grew up on Disney movies and music, so reading this book was kind of like watching the 'special features' on all my favorite Disney movies from when I was a kid.
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