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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
Good in parts, but makes for very tedious reading after a while. Simple home truths are stretched beyond patient reading limits to the point where both, the writing and its reading start to feel pretentious.
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
The book put forth some arguments that were interesting to think about. There was a lot more religious aspects to it than I had thought or as it was described to me. Which is fine but just be aware.
It did feel like a lot of times there were stories or arguments that felt detached from the point of the chapter. I would be reading the chapter then have to go back and remind myself what the rule of the chapter was and try to figure out how these things were related. The author also comes off as someone with a conservative bent and an axe to grind. Such as when he talks about people on the left going overboard with their ideas of gender equality and advocacy against patriarchic systems. Some of the things he says I found interesting but he also ignores that the aspects of patriarchy that people don't like are things like how women used to not be able to own their own property or medicine has ignored women until the last few decades. So yes, in some sense patriarchy is very bad but he doesn't talk about those aspects. There were other similar topics throughout the book.
Overall it was alright but I don't intend to keep the book in my library or give to someone else to read.
It did feel like a lot of times there were stories or arguments that felt detached from the point of the chapter. I would be reading the chapter then have to go back and remind myself what the rule of the chapter was and try to figure out how these things were related. The author also comes off as someone with a conservative bent and an axe to grind. Such as when he talks about people on the left going overboard with their ideas of gender equality and advocacy against patriarchic systems. Some of the things he says I found interesting but he also ignores that the aspects of patriarchy that people don't like are things like how women used to not be able to own their own property or medicine has ignored women until the last few decades. So yes, in some sense patriarchy is very bad but he doesn't talk about those aspects. There were other similar topics throughout the book.
Overall it was alright but I don't intend to keep the book in my library or give to someone else to read.
I really, REALLY wanted to like this. I struggled through the entire thing, found myself lost in the words having to backtrack and re-read... So wordy and hard to follow at times. Hey! I got to use my kindle dictionary a couple times! :)
I am mostly liberal and I actually appreciate Jordan Peterson, just not this book. Most of the time, it felt like he was reaching around his butt to get to his elbow. There was a lot of bad logic, it was unnecessarily long, and I don't like his writing style. The rules are fine, probably good rules to live by even. I just don't get translating in depth analysis of lobsters to human behavior.
other than being a dick in rule 11 he’s a genius
Tedious and pretentious. Way overwritten and somewhat disorganised. Prosaic notions, some worthwhile, some not. After all the hype left with the impression that Peterson is not as clever as some make him out to be, and certainly not as clever as he would like to think.
Loved the logic and thought inducing writing. Wasn't a fan of all the political bias.