Review of Disasters To Dreams
Posted: 16 Feb 2022, 11:10
[Following is a volunteer review of "Disasters To Dreams" by Chris Patrick.]
I didn't expect what this book had to offer, it surprised me and I got hooked to the story. Maybe because I can relate with my personal life, which honestly has helped me a little.
This is an entertaining read, autobiographical, written from first person point of view, a sort of cross between a picaresque novel and self-help book, by a writer with an interesting tale to tell about kid rising from a rough beginning through various adventures and misadventures, developing an antisocial attitude, surviving a variety of wrong turns and errors, finding his “tribe” and eventually coming to terms with life enough to put it all down in a book. Frankly, I found it hard to tell how much of it is true vs. made up but, no matter, it was vastly entertaining.
My take on the author’s story is that it starts off well, but bad stuff soon happens and his attitude becomes, he lacks control of life, thenceforth survives various slings and arrows in his life, curses the fates, with occasional respites with friends, lovers, and the like-minded, more bad stuff happens, and on like the repeatedly, somewhat accidentally discovers an interest and finds success until waylaid by another setback, never truly taking control of his life until the end, if that is believable. The book’s subtitle is “gritty guide to finding success in the face of failure.” Elsewhere he suggests its message is to reframe past failure such that disasters are perceived as good things. Missing from that guidance is analyzing why disasters happened to learn and prevent recurrence.
i would suggest giving this book a read it is an eye opener and great thrill.I rate this book 4 out of 4 to read.
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Disasters To Dreams
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I didn't expect what this book had to offer, it surprised me and I got hooked to the story. Maybe because I can relate with my personal life, which honestly has helped me a little.
This is an entertaining read, autobiographical, written from first person point of view, a sort of cross between a picaresque novel and self-help book, by a writer with an interesting tale to tell about kid rising from a rough beginning through various adventures and misadventures, developing an antisocial attitude, surviving a variety of wrong turns and errors, finding his “tribe” and eventually coming to terms with life enough to put it all down in a book. Frankly, I found it hard to tell how much of it is true vs. made up but, no matter, it was vastly entertaining.
My take on the author’s story is that it starts off well, but bad stuff soon happens and his attitude becomes, he lacks control of life, thenceforth survives various slings and arrows in his life, curses the fates, with occasional respites with friends, lovers, and the like-minded, more bad stuff happens, and on like the repeatedly, somewhat accidentally discovers an interest and finds success until waylaid by another setback, never truly taking control of his life until the end, if that is believable. The book’s subtitle is “gritty guide to finding success in the face of failure.” Elsewhere he suggests its message is to reframe past failure such that disasters are perceived as good things. Missing from that guidance is analyzing why disasters happened to learn and prevent recurrence.
i would suggest giving this book a read it is an eye opener and great thrill.I rate this book 4 out of 4 to read.
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Disasters To Dreams
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon