A review by leilaniann
Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
1.0
I read this book because a lot of the kids I work with have mentioned it as a book they enjoyed reading, especially while in prison. I figured it would be nice to be able to discuss it with them.
Unfortunately, this book is horrible. Noah comes off as vain, and even worse, incredibly boring. He never really goes in depth into much. It reads like a shitty romance novel, total brain candy.
Many things in this book left me seething, the worst of which was his stories of traveling with his Australian friend. First off, you go to seek spiritual enlightenment in the east and then sit on your ass all day with other white people who aren't from the country of which you are supposedly seeking enlightenment from. Why the hell did you bother traveling at all? If there was any honest evaluation of his privilege, I would cut him some slack. Yet he writes about his supposed meditative journeys without real self-reflection.
Reading this book would have been a total waste of time, however, it helped me realize that I have to work harder to get decent books into the hands of the kids at the drop-in!
Unfortunately, this book is horrible. Noah comes off as vain, and even worse, incredibly boring. He never really goes in depth into much. It reads like a shitty romance novel, total brain candy.
Many things in this book left me seething, the worst of which was his stories of traveling with his Australian friend. First off, you go to seek spiritual enlightenment in the east and then sit on your ass all day with other white people who aren't from the country of which you are supposedly seeking enlightenment from. Why the hell did you bother traveling at all? If there was any honest evaluation of his privilege, I would cut him some slack. Yet he writes about his supposed meditative journeys without real self-reflection.
Reading this book would have been a total waste of time, however, it helped me realize that I have to work harder to get decent books into the hands of the kids at the drop-in!