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Open Your Eyes: 10 Uncommon Lessons to Discover a Happier Life by McKay Christensen, Jake Olson
moniqueeditrix's review
2.0
Full review to come.
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Originally reviewed on my blog All The Bookish Love
Disclaimer: I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
I really, really dislike giving a bad review to a book that I started reading with vigour. But unfortunately, it happens to the best of us and we just can’t help but not like the book. I dove headfirst into this book, because it interested me a lot when I read the blurb and the first few pages really pulled me in. Reading the struggle Jake and his family went through in his childhood years was brilliant but after the fifth chapter, things took a sway to the bad side for me.
This book started out tremendously interesting, but it started reading monotonously and I had to force myself to finish the book, because it was an assignment and I always power through. It has so much potential that just wasn’t captured. I’m not an extremely religious person and this book gave off an overly religious vibe. Now I get that religion and God helped Jake through his struggles and made him into the very inspiring person he is today, but it was overwhelming at times. But even this wasn’t a major issue. For me, the writing didn’t flow and create a comfortable atmosphere. The book bounced around a lot. The minute I started getting interested in one part of the story, it would jump to an entirely different phase of Jake’s life and it irritated me.
This book wasn’t my cup of tea (or glass of wine) but hey, I’m just one person in a world filled with readers. Jake is however a very remarkable young man, and I do admire him for all he has accomplished.
***
Originally reviewed on my blog All The Bookish Love
Disclaimer: I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
I really, really dislike giving a bad review to a book that I started reading with vigour. But unfortunately, it happens to the best of us and we just can’t help but not like the book. I dove headfirst into this book, because it interested me a lot when I read the blurb and the first few pages really pulled me in. Reading the struggle Jake and his family went through in his childhood years was brilliant but after the fifth chapter, things took a sway to the bad side for me.
This book started out tremendously interesting, but it started reading monotonously and I had to force myself to finish the book, because it was an assignment and I always power through. It has so much potential that just wasn’t captured. I’m not an extremely religious person and this book gave off an overly religious vibe. Now I get that religion and God helped Jake through his struggles and made him into the very inspiring person he is today, but it was overwhelming at times. But even this wasn’t a major issue. For me, the writing didn’t flow and create a comfortable atmosphere. The book bounced around a lot. The minute I started getting interested in one part of the story, it would jump to an entirely different phase of Jake’s life and it irritated me.
This book wasn’t my cup of tea (or glass of wine) but hey, I’m just one person in a world filled with readers. Jake is however a very remarkable young man, and I do admire him for all he has accomplished.
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