Review by ramblinggnomes -- The Banned Book about Love
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Review by ramblinggnomes -- The Banned Book about Love
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Banned Book about Love" by Scott Hughes.]
2 out of 4 stars
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"The Banned Book about Love" is a short, controversial book by Scott Hughes. It was originally released on Amazon under the original title, “I love Brock Turner” and later published under its new title.
Although I was aware that the book was controversial and had been banned from Amazon, I wasn't quite prepared for the opening lines. The very first line hits you like a high-speed train. “I love Brock Turner”. It’s a powerful message designed to shock and captivate the reader, provoking a range of emotions. This opening line is likely to have been the reason for the controversy surrounding this book due to the many readers who failed to make it past the first page. Understandably, the first few words could be enough for many to close the book and toss it aside in disgust.
Once you have nervously turned the page, you quickly come to realise that this is not a work of hate and anger, but the opposite. It’s a book about love and the increasingly strong need for it in society. The reader is very quickly reminded of the morals that we all already know and yet lose hold of in our everyday lives. We are reminded of how we spread hate innocently rather than stopping it and how our demand for justice may not be as just as we would like to believe.
Do we punish criminals for justice or for sadism? Does giving out punishment make us morally superior or equally guilty? Does it make the world a better place? The author forces you to think about these questions, drawing on the words of Martin Luther King Jr to teach the ultimate message "the strong person is the person who can cut off the chain of hate, the chain of evil".
While the content of the book is valuable, the writing style can be tedious. It has a short and quick style similar to the rantings heard on a soap box in Speaker’s Corner and, for many, may present a valid issue in a style too strong to tolerate.
Despite the initial shock of the introduction and the intense pace of the writing style, it gives a powerful message and even the most cycnical of readers will find themselves agreeing with the author and promising themselves to be a little less hateful, if only in the short term.
I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars , it's an important read with a message that needs to be heard but is let down by the writing style. However, it's definitely one that should be shared.
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2 out of 4 stars
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"The Banned Book about Love" is a short, controversial book by Scott Hughes. It was originally released on Amazon under the original title, “I love Brock Turner” and later published under its new title.
Although I was aware that the book was controversial and had been banned from Amazon, I wasn't quite prepared for the opening lines. The very first line hits you like a high-speed train. “I love Brock Turner”. It’s a powerful message designed to shock and captivate the reader, provoking a range of emotions. This opening line is likely to have been the reason for the controversy surrounding this book due to the many readers who failed to make it past the first page. Understandably, the first few words could be enough for many to close the book and toss it aside in disgust.
Once you have nervously turned the page, you quickly come to realise that this is not a work of hate and anger, but the opposite. It’s a book about love and the increasingly strong need for it in society. The reader is very quickly reminded of the morals that we all already know and yet lose hold of in our everyday lives. We are reminded of how we spread hate innocently rather than stopping it and how our demand for justice may not be as just as we would like to believe.
Do we punish criminals for justice or for sadism? Does giving out punishment make us morally superior or equally guilty? Does it make the world a better place? The author forces you to think about these questions, drawing on the words of Martin Luther King Jr to teach the ultimate message "the strong person is the person who can cut off the chain of hate, the chain of evil".
While the content of the book is valuable, the writing style can be tedious. It has a short and quick style similar to the rantings heard on a soap box in Speaker’s Corner and, for many, may present a valid issue in a style too strong to tolerate.
Despite the initial shock of the introduction and the intense pace of the writing style, it gives a powerful message and even the most cycnical of readers will find themselves agreeing with the author and promising themselves to be a little less hateful, if only in the short term.
I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars , it's an important read with a message that needs to be heard but is let down by the writing style. However, it's definitely one that should be shared.
******
The Banned Book about Love
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