A review by redhawktarheel
The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think Is Right Is Wrong by Jennifer Michael Hecht

4.0

4.5 stars. I appreciate Hecht's attempts in this work and find much wisdom in it. She obviously appreciates Montaigne a great deal - as do I - and shares some thought-provoking quotes from him. Hecht writes wonderfully, as usual, but I do feel at times that the topics she investigates here feel like a "square peg in round hole." She recovers in almost all instances later on and a few areas I feel she adequately clarified in the conclusion. Just a bit felt forced - that's why it's not quite five stars. Having said that, I enthusiastically recommend the book to anyone even vaguely interested in the topic. Hecht is definitely a philosophic/historical writer of the first degree.