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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
inspiring
medium-paced
This book was impacted me in such a way that it would be impossible to say that I didn't enjoy it. while I do not usually read self-help books, Dr. Peterson writes this book in such a way that it seems as if he is having a conversation with you, and a thought provoking one at that. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
Did not finish. Just not for me. Some wildly awful and just incorrect things about gender, droning on instead of actually making a point, and I very much feel like this person thinks their life experience is universal, when, yeah, no. Some other folks have written more in depth reviews about why this book is terrible - go ready them if you actually care to learn exactly why. I'm moving on!
Could have stopped after the table of contents. Little real foundation in the book in my opinion. Too many of the arguments draw its foundation from stories in the Bible. I expected a scholar like Peterson it is to make real arguments based on scientific discovery rather than anecdotal stories
There areas parts of the book that makes the heart soar high in how accurately and aptly it captures truth of life, but also heavily doused often with long examples, which with his poetic but highly florished writing style makes it even harder to get through. For me, the long psaages about God and the Christian faith were not as relevant, but I can see how it pertains to a certain audience. Solid 3
Good content, he just goes on too long on most topics. Could have been half the size.
This is the only book I ever threw into the recycle container to keep other people from reading my copy.
I bought it in an airport bookshop because it was the most appealing book in the shop and I didn't know who Jordan Peterson was. Turns out he is a rightwing sexist patriarch, but one who has a cunning way of disguising himself as a wise psychologist. Don't be fooled. He is not.
The only reason I regret throwing away that book, is because now I can't quote from it to prove my point. But I can give you two examples. I started getting suspicious when he was talking about lobsters, animals whose brains shrink when they lose status. Peterson's conclusion: status is important. Make sure you maintain your status. This also seemed to mean "don't give a sh*t about people with lower status", which was confirmed by the story about one of Peterson's childhood friends who couldn't get his life together and was abandoned by Peterson.
Then there's the subtitle of the book: "antidote to chaos". That sounds okay, doesn't it? Don't we all enjoy a tidy living room? Later in the book, Peterson explicitly identifies chaos as feminine and order as masculine. And states that chaos is something that we need to fight. At that point I got really suspicious. I looked up a few videos of Peterson on YouTube, and within minutes I heard him explaining that the reason there weren't enough jobs was because women were allowed to join the workforce.
If you want to know what those 12 rules are: John Crace made a splendid summary in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/28/12-rules-for-life-an-antidote-to-chaos-by-jordan-b-peterson-digested-read
And who needs 12 rules?
I can do it in 3:
1. Take care of yourself
2. Take care of others
3. Don't buy books written by sexist patriarchs
I bought it in an airport bookshop because it was the most appealing book in the shop and I didn't know who Jordan Peterson was. Turns out he is a rightwing sexist patriarch, but one who has a cunning way of disguising himself as a wise psychologist. Don't be fooled. He is not.
The only reason I regret throwing away that book, is because now I can't quote from it to prove my point. But I can give you two examples. I started getting suspicious when he was talking about lobsters, animals whose brains shrink when they lose status. Peterson's conclusion: status is important. Make sure you maintain your status. This also seemed to mean "don't give a sh*t about people with lower status", which was confirmed by the story about one of Peterson's childhood friends who couldn't get his life together and was abandoned by Peterson.
Then there's the subtitle of the book: "antidote to chaos". That sounds okay, doesn't it? Don't we all enjoy a tidy living room? Later in the book, Peterson explicitly identifies chaos as feminine and order as masculine. And states that chaos is something that we need to fight. At that point I got really suspicious. I looked up a few videos of Peterson on YouTube, and within minutes I heard him explaining that the reason there weren't enough jobs was because women were allowed to join the workforce.
If you want to know what those 12 rules are: John Crace made a splendid summary in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/28/12-rules-for-life-an-antidote-to-chaos-by-jordan-b-peterson-digested-read
And who needs 12 rules?
I can do it in 3:
1. Take care of yourself
2. Take care of others
3. Don't buy books written by sexist patriarchs
I was not a fan of the Theology heavy rhetoric. However I did like the profoundness on some, not all, of the chapters.
You know the frog in the water story? Slowly increasing temperature and not noticing it was being boiled? That's this book.
I wanted to give it a chance, at least to find out what the Peterson fuss was about, and honestly it started out fine, I could ignore the occasional biblical reference, find kernels of value in the privilege, and the lessons were pretty simple and nothing disagreeable really. But 35-40% in, I knew I was going to have a hard time finishing it. Right at 50% (audiobook, read by author), I was out. The tone shifted to more and more Christianity as world savior, and references to extremism were only thrown at the left. The mental somersaults and twists I was having to do to justify continued attention got to be too much.
I wanted to give it a chance, at least to find out what the Peterson fuss was about, and honestly it started out fine, I could ignore the occasional biblical reference, find kernels of value in the privilege, and the lessons were pretty simple and nothing disagreeable really. But 35-40% in, I knew I was going to have a hard time finishing it. Right at 50% (audiobook, read by author), I was out. The tone shifted to more and more Christianity as world savior, and references to extremism were only thrown at the left. The mental somersaults and twists I was having to do to justify continued attention got to be too much.