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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan B. Peterson
This is not your typical self-help book. It’s a dense volume in which Peterson ruminates on his “twelve rules of life” by making reference to psychology, theology, philosophy, poetry, history, evolutionary theory, sociology, and literature. (On the literature end, he draws heavily from the Bible, fairy tales, Faust, and Dostoevsky.) Because all of these topics intrigue me, I found the book an interesting read overall. However, Peterson has a tendency to circle round and round before landing on his conclusion, and this approach can grow tedious. Some of his ruminations seem more tangential than others, and they don’t always reconnect seamlessly with his point. He also has a tendency to repeat in one chapter a concept he has already outlined in a previous chapter. I think this would have been a much better book if he shaved off maybe 75 pages worth of material. I found some passages of the book motivating, some moving, and some just plain interesting, but there were also times when I became a little bogged down.