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Useful concepts which can be applied in everyday life to any relationship

Revisado: 03-18-24

This book is eye-opening. It’s not about communication, it’s about establishing connection through active listening. The concepts presented (e.g. mirroring, empathizing, and validating) work in any relationship. But they do need to be practiced constantly so it becomes second nature. This is where I would have loved to have learned more concretely on how to achieve this. I guess for that I’d have to sign up for a seminar at the Black Swan institute. Either way, a great, interesting, and informative read. The many stories embedded make the book an even more intriguing read!

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Super informative

Revisado: 12-27-23

Loved the narration and the stories embedded in the detailed description of the business of baseball. Excellent must-read for anyone remotely interested in making it to the big leagues in any capacity.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 02-07-23

I thought this was going to be more of an autobiography, a story of someone’s life who seemingly has a similar background like me, but unfortunately, there are only small sprinkles of some events in the author’s life, Otherwise it’s more listening to her general thought process on what identity / belonging means and run down of all the available DNA kits on the market and their potential uselessness. Not sure I liked this book at all. Didn’t want to finish it after I realized this book was not going to be about the author’s life, but the author’s opinion and where she got them from.

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Story and characters’ actions make no sense

Revisado: 02-17-22

Disappointing. The whole plot seems forced as if the author was trying to come up with reasons for the characters’ very strange and irrational behavior. At times, it was interesting but towards the end you just wanted the inane story to be done with. None of the characters were sympathetic and their struggles and suffering seemed artificial. The only reason it gets two stars is bc the narrator did a decent job telling this weird story.

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A perfectly narrated classic

Revisado: 01-26-22

From start to finish "Stoner" takes you through William Stoner's life which can only be described as uneventful and meaningless only because Stoner himself wills it to be just that. It is perhaps a story about a man who floats through the river of life with a very small paddle he seldomly meaningfully engages. The narrator masterfully tells the tale with a detached empathy and feeling reflecting the protagonist's own inner, seemingly helpless world.
If this book is not already a classic, it most certainly deserves to be one.

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Harrowing read

Revisado: 01-20-22

Inspiring story of how someone with a TBI found his purpose in life. Had to fast forward and skip through some of the accounts of the killers bc they were hard to stomach. Made me realize what kind of person it takes to do this important line of work.

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Waste of time

Revisado: 11-13-21

Sorry, but this was a total waste of my credits. Boring, everyday story without any relevance for anyone except maybe the author. Good for him that he got his dog back, but omg, why give a blow-by-blow of his agony which lasted a week. The dog was only gone for a week! He was lucky. End of story. Moving on to stories to connect with and learn from. This was definitely not one of them.

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