theblisstour's review against another edition
2.0
Enlightenment for Idiots may have single-handedly derailed my quest for enlightenment. If it's this boring, who the hell cares.
It took me FOREVER to finish this book. And it's not that it's boring, it's just that the plot twist that happens about a 1/3 of the way into the book changed the premise entirely. If I had known that was going to happen I would not have started the book. Once that happened I knew what the main character was going to consider being enlightened and I'm too old to do that. (Trying very hard here not to give it away here, JIC). This just made all of her "oh no what am I doing with my life" stuff annoying.
I didn't find this book at all compelling even though there are a few gems sprinkled in. But a few bon mots about life and longing don't make it a page-turner.
It took me FOREVER to finish this book. And it's not that it's boring, it's just that the plot twist that happens about a 1/3 of the way into the book changed the premise entirely. If I had known that was going to happen I would not have started the book. Once that happened I knew what the main character was going to consider being enlightened and I'm too old to do that. (Trying very hard here not to give it away here, JIC). This just made all of her "oh no what am I doing with my life" stuff annoying.
I didn't find this book at all compelling even though there are a few gems sprinkled in. But a few bon mots about life and longing don't make it a page-turner.
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