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A lot like Immortal Journeys

Revisado: 07-02-24

In theory the plotline and characters are good enough to base a series on, the problem is that she spends precious little time on the story and virtually no time at all on any characters in this particular book. Instead the chapters are full to bursting with hypothetical musings about stuff that never happens, including a lot of anxiety about the hypothetical nothings. it's a frustrating book to read because you're tempted to just skip the next anxiety-filled musing about how to define the word "harm", and just get back to the story. But this time could be a single page or she could go on about it uninterrupted for the next three chapters, you just don't know.

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in-depth science for scientists

Revisado: 04-29-23

if what you're looking for is a Malcom Gladwell style collection of compelling stories that plausibly support a scientifically baseless conclusion, then this is not the book for you.

Instead this is an in-depth review of important research, as well as an understandable interpretation of what the conclusions imply.

Everything is stated and supported with rigorous attention to detail. This may be off-putting and seem repetitive to people who aren't approaching this with a scientific lens, and who aren't particularly concerned with how accurate or reliable the conclusions are.

If you believe every bit of nonfiction you read, then this book isn't for you. If you're trying to understand how emotions actually work, then it is.

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must-read

Revisado: 03-22-21

A must-read for all humans. It's that good, and that important. If you're too self-assured to think you'll benefit, then you've a lot to learn yet.

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light on actual help

Revisado: 04-07-19

While the subject matter was generally positive, the content was focused almost exclusively on the *attributes* of a person with high emotional intelligence, while the actual advice was sprinkled in sparingly, almost begrudgingly. It's as if the book was a highly detailed definition of Emotional Intelligence, not a guide for how to get there.

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Not again. I feel like an idiot.

Revisado: 02-16-16

Like Lev's other books, this one starts out strong and well-written, and goes downhill as it progresses, leaving you at the end shaking your head and wondering why you bothered to read it. It's like he spends a lot of time writing the beginning and making it perfect, and then runs out of time half way through his manuscript and and finishes the final half in an all-nighter full of furious scribbling and heavy drinking. Would recommend this book only as a cruel practical joke.

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Good almost to the end

Revisado: 03-13-14

Would you ever listen to anything by Lev Grossman again?

The book was interesting, witty, and entertaining right up almost until the end... about 2 hours from the end the story turns in to a train crash. It appears as though it's going to recover: masterfully, artfully, beautifully. And then it doesn't. The way he ties it up the loose, frayed, burnt ends makes me never want to experience anything by this author ever, ever again.

Would not recommend.

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