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A review by phoenixrose14
The Secret Of Shambhala: In Search Of The Eleventh Insight by James Redfield
3.0
The third book in the "Insight series" (I don't think the series actually has a name so I made that one up). The secret of shambhala takes an even deeper dive into the spiritual awareness, whilst giving you a low-key existential crisis.
It talks a lot about how the government wants to control us.
This is a really interesting read. Not really a book to sit down with and annotate, the only important element in this novel (and the only thing the writer spent time and effort on) is the spiritual teachings, but that's the whole point of this book.
Some story is there, but its second to the teachings. All of which is delivered through character dialogue, this whole novel is 'exposition via dialogue'
I'm not even going to try and explain the ending.... I was confused and that's when I did completely lose interest in this book and very nearly didn't finish it.
World building is non-existent because it's set in our world.
This book will make you feel.... upset with the Chinese Government.
To be honest it reads more as a self-help book more than anything else. But maybe that's a good thing...
Thanks for reading!
Silver x
It talks a lot about how the government wants to control us.
This is a really interesting read. Not really a book to sit down with and annotate, the only important element in this novel (and the only thing the writer spent time and effort on) is the spiritual teachings, but that's the whole point of this book.
Some story is there, but its second to the teachings. All of which is delivered through character dialogue, this whole novel is 'exposition via dialogue'
I'm not even going to try and explain the ending.... I was confused and that's when I did completely lose interest in this book and very nearly didn't finish it.
World building is non-existent because it's set in our world.
This book will make you feel.... upset with the Chinese Government.
To be honest it reads more as a self-help book more than anything else. But maybe that's a good thing...
Thanks for reading!
Silver x