Drew

mixed bag

Revisado: 07-22-23

I stuggled to finish this. I understand why so many people would like it, but I wouldn't read this again.

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Good story, unlikable protagonist

Revisado: 09-20-22

The story itself was good; maybe an eight or nine out of ten. But I could not get past the main protagonist. I almost stopped after the first chapter because her personality annoyed me so much.
Every time I started to get into the book she would have some cringy internal monologue or make some stupid choice that would have me reconsidering finishing the story. I found her to be small-minded, stupid, and selfish.
I never found myself wanting her to succeed, and I eventually started skipping past her nonsense.

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Conversations 101.. Nothing new

Revisado: 09-13-21

Overly basic information, platitudes, and a lot of filler. This is the type of personal growth book that gives personal growth books bad names.

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too much fluff

Revisado: 08-09-21

There isn't a lot in this book. It's a few simple concepts and a lot of repetition and stories. There wasn't anything particularly new or groundbreaking.

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somewhat interesting at times

Revisado: 08-05-21

It was less interesting than I had hoped. I ended up skipping large sections of Keller's letters and the Frost King section near the end. Anne Sullivan's letters/notes were the most interesting part.

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Interesting

Revisado: 07-14-21

I found this book quite interesting. Many of the author's descriptions and examples matched up with myself and people I know. It has led me to mull over my upbriging with new understanding and how aspects of it has affected me in adulthood in ways I haven't before considered.

The editing of the narration had issues though. Several dozens of times the narrator stopped mid-sentence and repeated something he just said. Sometimes this was due to him saying the wrong word but most of the time it seems to be just a stutter in his speech. It's not horrible but it was frequent, slightly distracting and could have been easily edited out.

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Meh

Revisado: 04-24-21

All of the Magic in the book was inconsequential to the story. Magic could have been removed without altering much of the story at all. It's a bait-and-switch, to keep us looking forward to the promised significance of that magic. With it removed what remains is a long rambling story about a family. I can't even tell you how it ended because by the end my mind had glazed over like a corpse. Kill by in the endless cycle of non sequiturs and grandiose pontificating on nothing.
That being said it was often entertaining in the middle.

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