Greg
I'm giving this a four not because it is a literary classic or a book that will change your life. However; it is quite simply delicious. I snurled my nose more than once when she graphically describes her new found favorite brain treats and how to enjoy them - straight up, mixed with other delicious foods that when combined with brains gives you an odd sense of ewww...that sounds yummy (not the brains part), and hey who wouldn't love a brain smoothie. Of course there are also the frozen dinners which when eaten without being heated give you “brain freeze”. I apologize but that totally cracks me up.
If you don't like zombies then this a great introductions to the genre that stands on its own merits.
Pure fun, and the cover art kicks arse!
Buried among all the other coming of age stories Mr. Wells gives us a fascinating story about a budding serial killer. The premise is different, the writing is excellent, and the tale is well told. My only beef is that Dan Wells is such a good writer that IMHO he would have been much better off without the demon angle. I don't believe he needs it to take you on a frightfully fulfilling journey. You bet I'll be reading his next entry in this series and whatever else he happens to write in the future.
I picked up this book because my identity was stolen a few years ago. I had always maintained that I knew exactly how they did it (dumpster diving) and this book confirmed that in my particular situation that was probably how it was done. Most of the active scams outlined in this book you would think would be able to be overcome by common sense but yet you hear about folks getting fleeced all the time so in that sense it is probably a pretty good resource.
As the authors state in Chapter Six “how is this different from ready, aim, fire.” The authors answer that it's more about aim and fire. They then spend an inordinate amount of time trying to convince you that this is something new. It's not.
The basic premise is that you can plan but you have to use what you have at hand to take action. Not a bad premise but many better books have already been written along this same arc.
The authors also have a word mashup of creation and action or “creaction” as their hook. To me it is unwieldy and a failed gimmick. The best story in the book is in the beginning about how “The Black Eyed Peas” formed a band, read that and you will have gotten the best parts.
Can you say “hokum”? Or is that “bunkum”? All I know is, is that I kept asking “seriously?”, “really”?
It just doesn't add up, and if you know me you know I'm pretty much an open-minded seeker..but even I can only open my mind so far.
- His dad was the Marlboro Man and the author seems to worship him but it feels like there were issues.
- Mr. Farrell is a purported healer. If he were able to do all of these miraculous things one would think we might have heard of him before this book...along with most of the rest of the world.
- His biggest healing talents seem to be for noses. He “heals” a gargoyles nose, gives a woman cosmetic surgery for her nose, and heals a severely disfigured gentleman's nose. Oh yeah he also does the cancer, broken bones, confined to a wheel chair and helping someone to rise and walk every day miracles also.
- This next bit I would never repeat because of the hot blemish of embarrassment I would feel every time I related the story. It seems Mr. Farrell was at a friends party and the apartment next door burst into flames. His highly advanced spiritual friend didn't want to let the fire department break down his trellis so they could save the apartment next door (drop famous person's name in here as the owner of the apartment) because he was having a contingent of monks (may have been the dalai lama) over for a meet and greet the next week. The friend then burst into sobs when the firemen broke down his trellis because now his party was just ruined. Mr. Farrell saves the day by rebuilding the trellis and gets blessed by a monk. I'm sorry but, WTF folks cry me a freaking river.
Ok. I've wasted enough time on this. BOTTOM LINE - Just say no.
P.S. I'm sure that I will be branded as non-evolved, non-believing, jealous, snarky, and other terms for being so harsh on this book...frankly I can live with that.
Not sure what the low ratings are about? Maybe Morgan's excellent book hit my sweet spot because I resonated strongly with it. I love the stories and the anecdotes! He really gave me something to think about when he started talking about public speaking. I do a lot of it and I've always been nervous about it until recently when I did a re-frame and became excited about it. He presents the same idea and goes me one better by comparing the feelings of public presentation with the same symptoms of preparing for a sexual encounter. Increased heart rate, sweaty palms, flushing, shallow breathing, etc. Why do we identify one as nervousness and one as excitement? Telling! Spot on and enjoyable throughout.
There was one tiny bit near the end that pulled me out of the narrative arc. He body slammed the principles contained in The Secret. I don't particularly care for the book either but it did lessen his impact for me for a minute. He could have easily lost me at that moment...and that may be why there are some extremely low reviews.
Ignore that one sentence and for me this book is a five.
