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moonvest 's review for:
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
by David Brooks
This book gave me whiplash. I had no expectations going in, just saw it available on the library app and grabbed the audiobook because yeah, I want to live a moral life! And so the book starts out VERY STRONG. I got very excited after listening to the first few chapters. It basically promises that it’s going to be full of practical advice for the modern young person from a radicalized boomer all about help finding a second career, a vocation, and a calling. Great! Let’s go!
The book immediately takes an extremely sharp turn into an entire third of the book being about having a good marriage. I’m not even joking: I had to check my phone to see if I was still listening to the same book. I actually thought there was a mistake.
The next part is about finding religion. (???)
And the final part is about the importance of community. FINE. Community building is good and he tells a couple stories that emphasize this importance, but this is no field guide to getting to work in your own community.
Anyway. What the heck even is this book?
The book immediately takes an extremely sharp turn into an entire third of the book being about having a good marriage. I’m not even joking: I had to check my phone to see if I was still listening to the same book. I actually thought there was a mistake.
The next part is about finding religion. (???)
And the final part is about the importance of community. FINE. Community building is good and he tells a couple stories that emphasize this importance, but this is no field guide to getting to work in your own community.
Anyway. What the heck even is this book?