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Eye opening

Revisado: 08-21-22

Christopher Yuan’s book is insightful, theologically sound, and includes helpful suggestions for everyone no matter their situation or inclinations.

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Cannot recommend highly enough

Revisado: 02-27-22

This book clearly articulates many of the observations that I have made over the years and explains the reasons for these patterns in the way people think. If everyone could read this book, they still wouldn’t agree, but they would certainly understand and respect each other more.

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Chilling and thought provoking

Revisado: 08-23-21

It definitely opened my eyes to a lot of vulnerabilities in our society and thankfully provided ways to combat them. I especially loved the stories of the brave men and women who lived under communist regimes that were woven throughout the book. We would be wise to listen to them.

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Worth reading despite some biases

Revisado: 08-19-21

I loved the concept of traveling the country with a dog. They have such a wonderful way of bringing people together. In some ways it reminded me of a modern version of Peter Jenkins’ Walk Across America. He made repeated references to Woodie Guthrie and John Steinbeck, which got old really quickly. He horribly mispronounced the name of my hometown (Maryville, TN) throughout the audiobook. It is pronounced Mare-ah-vulle, though we sometimes jokingly call it Mur-vulle. The guy who told him to pronounce it like that was pulling his leg and he didn’t know it! He seemed to have a lot of biases against the south, conservatives, and Christians and to genuinely misunderstand us. That made me sad, but he at least seemed to recognize that he has those biases. Also, he said it was not going to be a political book, but he couldn’t seem to resist slipping those references in throughout it. That made it somewhat less enjoyable to read as I was expecting a book to escape from politics. Despite these shortcomings, I do still recommend this audiobook overall as it was entertaining, somewhat informative, and highlights the special relationship between a dog and his human.

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So-so memoir

Revisado: 06-29-21

It seemed like I was reading her diary. She has been through a lot and come out the other side. I commend her for her honesty and her strength, but I wanted there to be more to her story. Cait seems to have discovered what doesn’t bring true happiness (stuff, money, and alcohol), but it doesn’t seem like she has yet discovered what does bring true happiness. I hope that she finds it and writes a sequel because I found this first chapter of her story to be fairly depressing.

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