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alexsigsworth 's review for:
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan B. Peterson
Peterson explains at the beginning that it was inspired by his answers to questions posted on Quora; so it originated as web content that has now been expanded to fill the length of a whole book. It is much longer than it needs to be, although there are some good parts but, for the same reason, there's also quite a lot of unneccessary bits.
Some rules [for example, Rule 1: stand up straight with your shoulders back] are well-explained and hold-up logically. Some [such as Rule 7: pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)] are rambling analyses of biblical scripture with no apparent relevance. I enjoyed reading his personal anecdotes and I think he should write his memoirs at some point. But the rules that make sense [like Rule 10: be precise in your speech] are obvious and he spends too long explaining even them. I did learn some useful things but, most of the time, I was wondering what the fuck he was talking about.
Some rules [for example, Rule 1: stand up straight with your shoulders back] are well-explained and hold-up logically. Some [such as Rule 7: pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)] are rambling analyses of biblical scripture with no apparent relevance. I enjoyed reading his personal anecdotes and I think he should write his memoirs at some point. But the rules that make sense [like Rule 10: be precise in your speech] are obvious and he spends too long explaining even them. I did learn some useful things but, most of the time, I was wondering what the fuck he was talking about.