Reviews - The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet

There was a lot to like! Very calming and some great bits about living well. But then there would be random instances of transphobia or unhealthy advice about medicine and doctors. And the author isn’t the greatest example of a Taoist. A bit if personal digging shows he doesn’t even follow the tenants he’s fetishising here. Which I think is an important word. Like any philosophical text, the author assumes that their chosen philosophy is the absolute best and only one that should exist ever and has all the answers. They fetishise the whole affair and just end up looking stupid.

nyne's review against another edition

3.0

reflective slow-paced

milavis's review against another edition

4.0

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

michareads's review against another edition

3.5

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

marsrolz's review against another edition

2.0

I really enjoyed the bits and pieces of Pooh's stories the most, as well as the short stories from Chinese writers and philosophers (which, in my view, says a lot about the book in question). As someone who's read about Taoism before, I feel like it was a nice sum up, but I am not particularly sure that I would have understood quite as well if it was my first time around. The concept was fun and brilliantly thought out - during the first half of the book, at least -. Once we reach Piglet's part (an astounding character, if you ask me) you find a lot of personal opinions, at times quite shocking, that pulled me completely out of the text.

sunday_love's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

good information and informative. kind of got a LITTLE weird at the end.

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