Between the Dark and the Daylight: Embracing the Contradictions of Life- a book by Joan Chittister. This book is literally about embracing the contradictions of life. And quite frankly, I didn't get it. This book didn't catch my interest compared to a lot of books I've read, similar to this one. It was hard for me to connect overall, and to understand what I was supposed to be taking from the book.
Even as a writer myself, I couldn't put my finger on what I was trying to get out of this book. Chittister kind of confused me with all of the constant analogies - sentence after sentence - that didn't seem very relatable to me. This doesn't take away from her writing skills, because I understand that I am one person, and it's not anyone's fault if I can't relate to what she was trying to say.
It seemed to me, since it was her subtitle, that the theme of this book was to "Embrace the Contradictions of Life." I just wish that these contradictions were explained a little bit more with examples from her own life, so I could feel more impacted and connected to the author.
Since she used the words "I, me, we;" I took from that - the fact that this wasn't a research book. However, that's what I felt like I was reading. I felt like I was reading a research book from a college library. I would say that this was almost like a self-help book, but a poor one at that. I had high expectations for this book and sadly I can only give 3 out of 5 stars.
I can tell she is a good writer, but maybe for research books, and not for something that should be a little more personal. I have much respect for Joan because it is very hard to write books like this. I couldn't do it either. I have never read any of her other books (she has LOTS of them, here's her site), and I'm willing to give the others a chance, but not for a while yet.
Disclaimer: This book was given to me for review by www.bloggingforbooks.com. Opinions are all my own.
It seemed to me, since it was her subtitle, that the theme of this book was to "Embrace the Contradictions of Life." I just wish that these contradictions were explained a little bit more with examples from her own life, so I could feel more impacted and connected to the author.
Since she used the words "I, me, we;" I took from that - the fact that this wasn't a research book. However, that's what I felt like I was reading. I felt like I was reading a research book from a college library. I would say that this was almost like a self-help book, but a poor one at that. I had high expectations for this book and sadly I can only give 3 out of 5 stars.
I can tell she is a good writer, but maybe for research books, and not for something that should be a little more personal. I have much respect for Joan because it is very hard to write books like this. I couldn't do it either. I have never read any of her other books (she has LOTS of them, here's her site), and I'm willing to give the others a chance, but not for a while yet.
Disclaimer: This book was given to me for review by www.bloggingforbooks.com. Opinions are all my own.