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Title: Unsophisticated; trite.
Review: I'm truly baffled by (and suspicious of) the profusion of positive reviews this book has supposedly drawn. The author's intentions are good, but his abilities are not up to the task he has set for himself. The writing lacks any trace of technique or character; it is plodding and simplistic. Furthermore, to anyone who's examined their life, purposes, and motives at all, the ideas presented in this book should be old-hat - the kindergarten level of the process of self-discovery. It's probably a good book for people who are accustomed to low-grade novels (_very_ low-grade novels) and unaccustomed to introspection, but I can't see how it would be anything but a waste of time for anyone else. If you're looking for a sophisticated presentation of these kinds of ideas, read The Celestine Prophecy; read Mutant Message from Down Under; Read Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins. But don't read this.
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