I’m glad you enjoyed the book, and look forward to reading your review!KFree_Reads wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:22 I will definitely share my sentiments concerning And Then I Met Margaret in my upcoming book review. I am coming down to the wire but I will say I have enjoyed the book for the most part. It is a very engaging book.I took a lot of notes! Nonetheless, I would recommend it despite some areas of the book that I wish were done differently but I will explain in my upcoming review!
Overall rating and opinion of "And Then I Met Margaret"
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Re: Overall rating and opinion of "And Then I Met Margaret"
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You’re right, this book can come across as more autobiographical. And, I agree, success can be largely situational, whether or not you put in the extra work. This should not deter people from working hard, but it’s definitely something to keep in mind.Umm_Zahra wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 15:36 It comes off more as an autobiographical work than a self-help book; somehow it always revolves around the author.
While I agree that happiness can be found in living kindly and selflessly, luck counts in our success. There are many people out there who work hard and struggle yet have not been succesful. I will share more in my review.
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You’re right, this book can come across as more autobiographical. And, I agree, success can be largely situational, whether or not you put in the extra work. This should not deter people from working hard, but it’s definitely something to keep in mind.Umm_Zahra wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 15:36 It comes off more as an autobiographical work than a self-help book; somehow it always revolves around the author.
While I agree that happiness can be found in living kindly and selflessly, luck counts in our success. There are many people out there who work hard and struggle yet have not been succesful. I will share more in my review.
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Still, Rob explained each chapter analytically, like a good author and he made it easily understandable with each short chapter. Self-help books might have been said not to have any help but I would say, what goes for the goose might not go for the gander in this case. They helped Rob but might not help me because I an surely not going to live the authors life and he won't face the problems I face. It's just Rob's opinion, we aren't asked to stick to it. We all have our issues we battle with in everyday life. Rob's opinion won't matter when I am being boxed to the corner and it seems like the world is just against us.
All the same, I would recommend this book to others because as I mentioned earlier, in this case, "what goes for the goose might not go for the gander". It's as simple as that.
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Admittedly, I was pulled towards it because I like the cover art.
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Thanks much for that interesting perspective. God and grace aside, if one looks around and observes keenly, they would figure the complex interplay of things, which are mostly out of our individual control. All we can do is figure how to better strengthen ourselves in terms of mind, body and spirit in order to face the unpredictable flow of things that happen in our lives. As you rightly mentioned, either one should either be completely naive or totally arrogant to say that if one works hard enough they can achieve anything in this world. I am not sure which one the author is!AliceofX wrote: ↑01 Jan 2018, 05:15 I should probably start by saying that I've never been a fan of self-help type books. I don't really have much to compare this book to, but I'll probably stay away from this genre in the future. What I disliked most about the book was how arrogant the author came off. Maybe I'm just a huge cynic, but I don't believe our destiny is entirely in our hands. There are people who say, "What doesn't kill you make you stronger." To me, that just means you weren't hit hard enough. You could have easily been left cripled and broken, but you weren't. That brings me to the crux of the problem. Sure, the author, like all of us, worked hard to get what he has, but in the end he also had the luck to not be given a heavier burden than he could carry. But then to go on and preach that you can achieve anything if you just work hard ... The world doesn't work like that. The world isn't fair and just. In the end, all we can say is, "There but for the grace of God."
To be completely fair, it was a well-written book with interesting stories. The "myth I believed" at the start of every chapter always made me intrigued, and made me want to continue reading. But in the end I just couldn't get behind the overall moral of the book.
It's an interesting thing that I have observed that even the most balanced and the most sensible people in the world get into to this self-flattery mode at some point in their life. Thanks for your thoughts!
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I gave 3 out of 4 stars as I imagine some people will really enjoy it, however it is not for everyone.
I admit I oscillated between 2 and 3 and if I could have given 2.5 I probably would have.
Why not a definite 2 out of 4? Because I had to acknowledge that the ‘lessons’ reminded me of some of the important things in my life. Though there were clear cringe moments, I had to admit that the book also did what the author intended.
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I'd probably recommend this book to very old people or young teens who are just getting started in their lives. It is good for a short pick me up. As I said in my official review, it's the kind of book that would do well on the back of a toilet or in a doctor's office waiting room.
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