pussreboots 's review for:

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré

4.0

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In Praise of Slowness makes an interesting companion book to another one I'm reading, Buddhism for Mothers. Both make arguments for slowing down one's pace of life and both make assumptions that the person reading the book must have a life similar to that of the author's. In the case of In Praise of Slowness I already live a fairly slow life, taking time to go the speed limit, not aggressively driving, cooking most meals and eating at the table as a family. Part of my choice to live slower is one of economics. It is honestly cheaper to cook from scratch. It has also given a way for my son and I to bond — he loves to cook. The point is, while the book has some valid points it makes those points through numerous assumptions.