A review by elturko64
The Tao of Wu by The RZA, Chris Norris

4.0

I really enjoyed this book but RZA’s writing is chaotic. Its really nice how each chapter is at the most ten pages. And in-between the chapters are some thoughts on life lessons or meditations. However these short stories are misplaced. His life chronology is jumbled up and difficult to follow. The pillars of wisdom aren’t parallel and they’re not described well. The Tao of Wu is like starting in a middle of a conversation. Then he throws out goofy stuff like, he is God but Allah is greater. Or how he was reborn but still dead. He’s not religious but Islam is the way. The way he talks about subjects such as spiritual gifts feels like adhd he goes to different topics. Now do I hate this? No, in fact even with these flaws I was still entertained by his ideas. Even through the wackiness of this book I still found tidbits of knowledge. The book overall is a clumsy mess but a wonderful mess.