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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
DNF. Convoluted, contradictory and dense. I found a few gems in his text but nothing worth enduring through the offensive and ignorant stories and remarks. Peterson views things as black and white; anyone that has a different view as him he makes negative remarks towards. Just really not a fan. I tried to keep reading and push through but ultimately I was tired of his ignorance and wanted him to have more empathy.
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Having read all the way up to the final "rule" I put up with way more of this book that I should have, than anyone should have to really.
With no respect for the reader's time the author engages in lengthy rambles and rants that don't always connect meaningfully to the actual rule of the chapter, weird ass analogies and condemnations of basic human decency and respect that I just can't get behind.
I saw someone comment once that if you strip the book of its verbosity and redundancy you'd be left with 12 simple ideas that don't merit such long and "out there" explanations and I feel like that might very well be true.
And maybe that's what you'd be better off doing, the 12 rules themselves are rather self evident, except for maybe the 11th one which Peterson conveniently uses to get across his most controversial beliefs, so you'd save yourself a lot of time if you read up on 12 rules individually, which are very basic and can probably be found anywhere that offers advice, and come to terms with what they mean for yourself with none of Peterson's weirder biases attached.
Book sucks.
With no respect for the reader's time the author engages in lengthy rambles and rants that don't always connect meaningfully to the actual rule of the chapter, weird ass analogies and condemnations of basic human decency and respect that I just can't get behind.
I saw someone comment once that if you strip the book of its verbosity and redundancy you'd be left with 12 simple ideas that don't merit such long and "out there" explanations and I feel like that might very well be true.
And maybe that's what you'd be better off doing, the 12 rules themselves are rather self evident, except for maybe the 11th one which Peterson conveniently uses to get across his most controversial beliefs, so you'd save yourself a lot of time if you read up on 12 rules individually, which are very basic and can probably be found anywhere that offers advice, and come to terms with what they mean for yourself with none of Peterson's weirder biases attached.
Book sucks.
I tried to read this so I could understand where the “other side” is coming from. I now understand that the other side is coming from a place for drongos, so that was somewhat illuminating.
Stopped reading within the 2nd chapter. I’m sure there are nuggets of wisdom in this book, but the long-winded rambling and borrowing from all different world views made it difficult to follow.
In one sentence quoting from Daoism. The next sentence misrepresenting the Biblical perspective, then the Darwinian perspective. All give completely different views of life and cannot be intermingled to make your point.
An unfortunate let-down.
In one sentence quoting from Daoism. The next sentence misrepresenting the Biblical perspective, then the Darwinian perspective. All give completely different views of life and cannot be intermingled to make your point.
An unfortunate let-down.
The apotheosis of pseudo- intellectualism. Just like me using the word "apotheosis" there was. This book contains many basic tenants of self help - take responsibility for your actions etc. However Peterson dresses these very basic insights in so much retention that (at least for me) it is grating.
In conclusion, if you are a strong lobster who loves god, read this book. If not maybe leave it.
In conclusion, if you are a strong lobster who loves god, read this book. If not maybe leave it.
The first half of this book is actually well grounded and fantastic advice for anyone.
The second half of the book goes off the rails a bit and gives a glimpse into some of the conservative christian and "anti-woke" controversy Peterson became known for later.
Regardless of this, I think the book is still a worthwhile read, and the first half could easily be among the best 'self-help' pieces out there.
The second half of the book goes off the rails a bit and gives a glimpse into some of the conservative christian and "anti-woke" controversy Peterson became known for later.
Regardless of this, I think the book is still a worthwhile read, and the first half could easily be among the best 'self-help' pieces out there.