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A review by tobin_elliott
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
1.0
I've seen this book around for years, and I have to admit, the four basic concepts at the heart of it aren't bad.
But...
There's so much wrong with this book. Ruiz obviously came up with four great statements, but who's going to buy a four-page book, right? So, he filled it up with an awful lot of dreadful filler.
I'm sure he got rich for this, and I'm sure he's thankful that he put the book out in 1997 instead of 1967. Why?
Because in '67, he would have been very popular, but he would have been one of the long-haired, usually unwashed, pot-smoking bearded guys with a collection of equally unwashed, braless hangers-on hanging out in a park somewhere weaving dandelions into necklaces as he talked about black and white magic and the innocence of youth...
...but he wouldn't have been as rich.
Anyway, it's good that the secret of a happy, loving life is summed up in four statements...um...until the book sells fifteen million copies, and you need a follow up, so you discover a fifth one.
But...
There's so much wrong with this book. Ruiz obviously came up with four great statements, but who's going to buy a four-page book, right? So, he filled it up with an awful lot of dreadful filler.
I'm sure he got rich for this, and I'm sure he's thankful that he put the book out in 1997 instead of 1967. Why?
Because in '67, he would have been very popular, but he would have been one of the long-haired, usually unwashed, pot-smoking bearded guys with a collection of equally unwashed, braless hangers-on hanging out in a park somewhere weaving dandelions into necklaces as he talked about black and white magic and the innocence of youth...
...but he wouldn't have been as rich.
Anyway, it's good that the secret of a happy, loving life is summed up in four statements...um...until the book sells fifteen million copies, and you need a follow up, so you discover a fifth one.