Review: 3.5 Stars Actually
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2013
4 stars for concepts3 for editsThe first thing that my Kindle took me to was "Conclusion Introduction".  I cringed when I saw that because it really should be "Introduction".  This book is full of typos and needs a lot of editing, but the principles are solid.The writing isn't too fluid, which is fine because I think it helps to slow the mind down to really absorb the lessons.  (I also have a problem with fluidity and it requires lots of rewrites.)However, there is also a lot of unnecessary repetition.  For instance one paragraph talks about hot coal burning the person who doesn't forgive.  At the end of that same paragraph, the coal analogy is brought up once again, not as a reminder, but it's like the author forgot he brought up that point.  This could have been solved with editing.Here's another example, "Some people desire similar things such as being free from illness, harmonious relations, satisfaction with career, and a comfortable life for some." Some at the end of the sentence, the additional use of "some" should have been discarded.  Again, this could have been solved with editing.  I feel like this is a rough draft and not a final draft for a book.Another case in point is, "prison of unforgiving" should be prison of un-forgiveness (a noun should be used, not a verb).I did appreciate the coal analogy because I usually see it written as unforgiving is like poison . . .  The coal analogy is more tangible for me, but both analogies say the same thing - not forgiving is only hurting yourself.I see another reviewer made this point and gave the book 1 star; this was over six months ago.  I would have hoped that the author could have fixed these issues by now and re-released the book, so I brought the book down to 3 stars versus rounding up to four.