Review of Chasing the Rabbit
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Review of Chasing the Rabbit
[Following is a volunteer review of "Chasing the Rabbit" by Jerry A. Greenberg.]
Robert Granger is a successful man in the corporate realm with a booming career. He is the kind of man every woman wants, every man wants to be like, and every youngster looks up to. A perfect idol. Not to mention that he is a complete package with the looks, body composition, and brains. He is also a family man who married a gorgeous woman in Elaine and is blessed with two children, Sam and Emily. All is well in Bob Granger's life and he seems to be where he is supposed to be. In the jungle. Hunting. Like the predator he is. But fate had other plans for him. Plans to switch him to defense mode as he is currently on attack mode. These plans carry the potential of throwing him off the rails, as he is forced to face his biggest fear. The fear of identity crisis.
Jerry A. Greenberg has done it again. Well at least for me that is. I love his sense of wild imagination. It has no end. I love also his ability to make fiction feel real and speak with you in a way not even reality can. I'll say this; the rabbit dreams are my favorite and I found them to be a wake-up call. But I cannot imagine how agonizing it must have been for a man like Bob to have such dreams, to have a rabbit taunting him while he was incapacitated and in hospital. To be in a place that looked like a dead-end, that made him feel inadequate and useless. A valley of anxiety, depression, confusion, vulnerability, and fear. With the rabbit hovering around him as though he were already dead. Being a predator was who he was and hunting was his purpose. Minus that, who was Bob Granger and what was his purpose?
I don't recall ever encountering any negativity. The book is a good read and is suitable for everyone. Young and old. Because if we were, to be honest with ourselves, we all are chasing the rabbit.
The book contains several grammatical and spelling errors; including typos, misplaced commas, full stops not followed by capital letters, and wrong use of capitals. However, I must agree that despite these errors, it is professionally edited and words are constructed well.
As far as the book is concerned, I rate it three out of four stars. This is because it doesn't have that magnetic pull that draws you to the book and make you want to read it right now and finish it. I feel it lacks that anchor effect.
Would I recommend this book to anybody? Yes, I would because I believe a lot of us have or are going through what Bob is going through. I believe it might provide a perspective of some sort and the assurance that we are not the only ones confused by life. I believe the book is educational and insightful and the biggest lesson I picked up is that fearing the unknown can have serious negative effects on our lives and can make us sick, especially in this confusing world we now live in.
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Chasing the Rabbit
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Robert Granger is a successful man in the corporate realm with a booming career. He is the kind of man every woman wants, every man wants to be like, and every youngster looks up to. A perfect idol. Not to mention that he is a complete package with the looks, body composition, and brains. He is also a family man who married a gorgeous woman in Elaine and is blessed with two children, Sam and Emily. All is well in Bob Granger's life and he seems to be where he is supposed to be. In the jungle. Hunting. Like the predator he is. But fate had other plans for him. Plans to switch him to defense mode as he is currently on attack mode. These plans carry the potential of throwing him off the rails, as he is forced to face his biggest fear. The fear of identity crisis.
Jerry A. Greenberg has done it again. Well at least for me that is. I love his sense of wild imagination. It has no end. I love also his ability to make fiction feel real and speak with you in a way not even reality can. I'll say this; the rabbit dreams are my favorite and I found them to be a wake-up call. But I cannot imagine how agonizing it must have been for a man like Bob to have such dreams, to have a rabbit taunting him while he was incapacitated and in hospital. To be in a place that looked like a dead-end, that made him feel inadequate and useless. A valley of anxiety, depression, confusion, vulnerability, and fear. With the rabbit hovering around him as though he were already dead. Being a predator was who he was and hunting was his purpose. Minus that, who was Bob Granger and what was his purpose?
I don't recall ever encountering any negativity. The book is a good read and is suitable for everyone. Young and old. Because if we were, to be honest with ourselves, we all are chasing the rabbit.
The book contains several grammatical and spelling errors; including typos, misplaced commas, full stops not followed by capital letters, and wrong use of capitals. However, I must agree that despite these errors, it is professionally edited and words are constructed well.
As far as the book is concerned, I rate it three out of four stars. This is because it doesn't have that magnetic pull that draws you to the book and make you want to read it right now and finish it. I feel it lacks that anchor effect.
Would I recommend this book to anybody? Yes, I would because I believe a lot of us have or are going through what Bob is going through. I believe it might provide a perspective of some sort and the assurance that we are not the only ones confused by life. I believe the book is educational and insightful and the biggest lesson I picked up is that fearing the unknown can have serious negative effects on our lives and can make us sick, especially in this confusing world we now live in.
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Chasing the Rabbit
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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