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magacki 's review for:
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan B. Peterson
The book put forth some arguments that were interesting to think about. There was a lot more religious aspects to it than I had thought or as it was described to me. Which is fine but just be aware.
It did feel like a lot of times there were stories or arguments that felt detached from the point of the chapter. I would be reading the chapter then have to go back and remind myself what the rule of the chapter was and try to figure out how these things were related. The author also comes off as someone with a conservative bent and an axe to grind. Such as when he talks about people on the left going overboard with their ideas of gender equality and advocacy against patriarchic systems. Some of the things he says I found interesting but he also ignores that the aspects of patriarchy that people don't like are things like how women used to not be able to own their own property or medicine has ignored women until the last few decades. So yes, in some sense patriarchy is very bad but he doesn't talk about those aspects. There were other similar topics throughout the book.
Overall it was alright but I don't intend to keep the book in my library or give to someone else to read.
It did feel like a lot of times there were stories or arguments that felt detached from the point of the chapter. I would be reading the chapter then have to go back and remind myself what the rule of the chapter was and try to figure out how these things were related. The author also comes off as someone with a conservative bent and an axe to grind. Such as when he talks about people on the left going overboard with their ideas of gender equality and advocacy against patriarchic systems. Some of the things he says I found interesting but he also ignores that the aspects of patriarchy that people don't like are things like how women used to not be able to own their own property or medicine has ignored women until the last few decades. So yes, in some sense patriarchy is very bad but he doesn't talk about those aspects. There were other similar topics throughout the book.
Overall it was alright but I don't intend to keep the book in my library or give to someone else to read.