Jay Ward A.K.A. Chris Chambers's Reviews > Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life
Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life
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Jay Ward A.K.A. Chris Chambers's review
bookshelves: characters-are-now-my-friends, great-performances-by-narrator, i-love-this-life, just-beautiful
Dec 07, 2021
bookshelves: characters-are-now-my-friends, great-performances-by-narrator, i-love-this-life, just-beautiful
When I 1st discovered Mr. Dow’s work and decided to give it a try, knowing that the author himself had narrated the book, I was looking forward to to it. I normally enjoy when an author narrates their own story. If I were a writer I couldn’t imagine not reading my own book. It would be like allowing someone else to explain all the reasons why you love your child! Lol. But Mr. Dow started out as a bit of a letdown for me. I didn’t enjoy his delivery, tone, or overall cadence. Now though, after listening to my 2nd book of his I wouldn’t have it any other way. It took me some time to realize that his cadence is literally a giant PART of the story he’s telling.
In this one things are a lot closer to home and we deal with a lot more grief. It’s heavy. As always though these books are very thought-provoking. They force you to look at yourself and how your going about life. I really enjoy that. It’s also full of great conversation, touching on personal theories, opinions, and many mantras that are not only true, but wouldn’t hurt to adopt to oneself. Philosophy is a major subject with this author and he lays these conversations out and dissects them from everyone’s point of view that are affected in the story. He doesn’t try to come off as being smarter than anyone, he has a great ability to bring you along with him every step of the way…as I said.
If you do a little research into the book before using a credit, as I did, and your reading my review I advise you to go for it. You will not be disappointed. There’s also a strong sense of what all, or I’d say most middle-aged men deal with and it really resonated with me. I also love that Lincoln still “speaks� the same way even tho this book is a few years after the 1st book I read! Thank you for a great story Mr. Dow
In this one things are a lot closer to home and we deal with a lot more grief. It’s heavy. As always though these books are very thought-provoking. They force you to look at yourself and how your going about life. I really enjoy that. It’s also full of great conversation, touching on personal theories, opinions, and many mantras that are not only true, but wouldn’t hurt to adopt to oneself. Philosophy is a major subject with this author and he lays these conversations out and dissects them from everyone’s point of view that are affected in the story. He doesn’t try to come off as being smarter than anyone, he has a great ability to bring you along with him every step of the way…as I said.
If you do a little research into the book before using a credit, as I did, and your reading my review I advise you to go for it. You will not be disappointed. There’s also a strong sense of what all, or I’d say most middle-aged men deal with and it really resonated with me. I also love that Lincoln still “speaks� the same way even tho this book is a few years after the 1st book I read! Thank you for a great story Mr. Dow
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