gogowhatwhat's review against another edition
4.0
Not as good as the first book, The Tao of Pooh, but still worth a read.
leasummer's review against another edition
3.0
This one is only getting three stars because I felt like Hoff took off on a tangent and got up on his soap box and started preaching. He also had a lot of doom and gloom in it. Not the uplifting spiritual sense I got from "The Tao of Pooh." So if you have to chose, chose "..Pooh." There are still good Tao principles and stories in this book if you can wade through his rants.
enbyemu's review against another edition
Mood changed before I could finish + is a library book and I should return it. Will return to it one day.
haleycorkery's review against another edition
3.0
Just not as good as The Tao of Pooh.
“Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them.”
“Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them.”
dschminkey's review against another edition
3.0
This was not nearly as impactful as Pooh, and felt forced to me. You know what they say about sequels....worth the read if you have some time to kill.
thatgirlwiththeteapot's review against another edition
2.0
In all honesty, this book was extremely disappointing compared to the first. Instead of focusing on Taoist beliefs and how the Pooh characters exhibit them, Benjamin spent much more time talking about politics, and how our country is being run wrong. Which I normally wouldn't have minded too much, because as it turns out, Mr. Hoff and I are more or less on the same page politically, but at times you could just feel his anger at the state of the country (And considering that at this point this book is 20 years old and we still face many of the same problems, I'm not going to try to tell you that our country is in a good place yet.) And yet while I agreed with a lot of what he was saying, it felt like he was yelling at me, or trying to argue with me, while I was on the same page as him.
I also had a bit of a problem with the way he treated the Pooh characters in this book. He was kind of mean and condescending to Owl, Eeyore, and Rabbit, and spoke to Pooh like he was an idiot. (I'm not trying to argue that Pooh isn't simple minded, it's just that he's endearingly so, and reading someone mocking him is off-putting) He also changed Piglet's essence in order to suit his purposes.
I can't tell you that it wasn't a good book, because it wasn't horrid, but it just wasn't a very good book on Taoism.
I also had a bit of a problem with the way he treated the Pooh characters in this book. He was kind of mean and condescending to Owl, Eeyore, and Rabbit, and spoke to Pooh like he was an idiot. (I'm not trying to argue that Pooh isn't simple minded, it's just that he's endearingly so, and reading someone mocking him is off-putting) He also changed Piglet's essence in order to suit his purposes.
I can't tell you that it wasn't a good book, because it wasn't horrid, but it just wasn't a very good book on Taoism.
sapphyreb's review
2.0
Absolutely bizarre. Ramblings of a mad old man. Hoff wages war against feminism, conservatives, and microwaves. 2 stars because the piglet bits were cute and there actually was a little philosophy in there. Also, the old man yells at clouds stuff was pretty funny.
mojoshivers's review
3.0
It’s a bit preachier than I remembered, but it’s still relevant to living a better life in a messy and dangerous world.
ramona_'s review against another edition
3.0
2.5/5
I loved the first book, but this one did not add anything for me
I loved the first book, but this one did not add anything for me