runnerjules 's review for:

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

2.0

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Not impressed by this "oeuvre" by Jordan Peterson, which he claims to be the antidote to chaos. In fact, the whole book can be described as chaos, with, let's admit, 12 really good "rules" as a starting point, that are then, one by one, completely undermined by an unnecessary and wanting to sound intelligent ramble which is nothing more than a collection of excerpts from the bible, poetry and history books. I have yet to find the first human being interested in reading about the behaviour of lobsters (en ENTIRE chapter, I tell you) to make the point why you as human should "stand up straight with your shoulders back". No thank you. Boring. Besides the point. And truly sad because the basic idea for the book was really good. More practical examples and less preaching would have made all the differences. This antidote to chaos only caused.... chaos.