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athenany's review against another edition
4.0
A wonderful book, but at times it was difficult to extrapolate how to use advice aimed at cloistered nuns and apply it to a worldly life.
authorjbr's review against another edition
5.0
As with most books like this, I should probably read it again, but there's something different about St. Teresa. She seems to better connect with me emotionally than many other monastic writers. There were moments where I would have questions or concerns and Teresa would answer them right after I would think them. With many other monastic books, I'd spend the book fighting or arguing with what the writer wrote, but Teresa somehow managed to get on my side and not seem like a judge or a holier-than-thou Saint. I'm not sure if that's a stylistic difference or a difference in me, but I got more out of this than many other books by saints I've read before.
_emma_rose_'s review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
How could you rate something by St. Teresa as anything less than 5 stars? I love this book and highlighted plenty of passages.
davehershey's review against another edition
3.0
I tend to read books too quickly, wanting to get the gist of it, or get something out of it to apply to my life, and move on to the next book. Hey, there are a lot of books out there! As I read this book I was reminded of the need to read slowly. Often I limited myself to two chapters a day, or maybe a bit in the morning and a bit in the evening. This is not fun and exciting reading. But it is a text on the spiritual life, on prayer and communing with God, by one of the great mystics of the historic Christian church. Often I asked myself what I, a 21st century married Protestant male, could learn from a 16th century nun. Then I kept reading and found nuggets of truth and beauty. Most of all, this book reminded me of the love of God, a theme in books I have read recently ranging from Brother Lawrence to John Wesley to Bernard of Clairvaux.
egajdosik's review against another edition
Wiping the sweat off my brow. Whoo, that was an effort!
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