Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was very excited when I first bought this book as it obviously had a wealth of knowledge I wanted; however... I ultimately just couldn't get through to finish it. The author is obviously VERY gifted with a massive intellect and a passion for sharing his perspective and wisdom, HOWEVER there are times when the author's views on pretty much everything about the modern world get exhausting and more than a little constrictive: perhaps it's mostly because of cultural differences since I'm ultimately from a latinamerican country, but the book feels like it clings too much to the cultural memory of ancient Europe to actually be accessible to anyone else at times. The constant tirades against christianity, modernity, technology and essentially anything that goes against the idea of living in small communities in the wild get tiresome, especially because sometimes the actual exposition on the subject takes a backseat to them. And while there is a lot of interesting information that can be obtained from this, the author's tendency to trail off and then repeat concepts to the point of redundancy is honestly off-putting. Now that I have gotten that out of my chest, I do have to say one thing I admire: the information presented in the book and the depth of knowledge it presents are, for the most part, PURE UNADULTERED GOLD. It presents many interesting perspective on paganism, live in pre-modern Europe, mythology and folklore that aren't easily accesible or found. So on that point, the book does deliver a lot of meaningful lessons or perspectives, as well as very useful tools for working. Ultimately, not my cup of tea, but much can be taken from it, if you're patient and can accept the aforementioned situations.