Official Review: Enemies Want You Dead by John Blake
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Official Review: Enemies Want You Dead by John Blake
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Enemies Want You Dead" by John Blake.]
Before reading this book, I never considered that everyone I knew could be my enemy. This book really made me think about who was in my life and if they were really my friend or if they were my enemy, out to hurt me.
Enemies Want You Dead by John Blake really makes the reader think about their surroundings and really take stock of everyone they surround themselves with. I am generally a very positive person, I would never think that I have enemies, but when I was reading this it made me question if I really did have enemies. Blake, being a sociologist, has looked at the human interactions between people and has seen the inherent badness of people. I’m not sure I completely agree with most of the things that he says in this book, but it definitely made me think about my interactions with people. It made me start to think if maybe I, myself, was an enemy to people. I personally think this book was written to make people start thinking about the people in their lives and how the reader themselves treat people.
I really enjoyed how the book was set up. I like how Blake broke down the book into several sections such as, enemies; enemies in the family; enemies in relationships; enemy strangers; social climbing enemies and your own worst enemy. In each section there were detailed sections of specific types of enemies within that type. However, what I really liked was that with each type, he gave a scenario so the reader was able to imagine what that specific enemy really was like. For example, in the scenario of the sniper, a daughter is eating a Thanksgiving feast with her family and the mother makes the comment not to eat too much because the daughter is getting fat. The sniper catches you off guard in your comfort zone, making you reel back with hurt. I think we all know someone that is a sniper to us.
There were several things in the book that I did not personally agree with, such as the enemies in the family section. I think it is a bitter view on life if we have to think that even our own families are our enemies. If we cannot trust our own families, who can we trust? It would be a very lonely life if we think that everyone in our lives is our enemy. I personally would rather be hurt than to be constantly looking at everyone and thinking they are my enemy and have no one in my life I could trust.
I’m rating this book 3 out of 4 stars, because I think that the writing of it and the researching of it was well done. I think this book could really help people that are constantly surrounding themselves with unhealthy people and allow them to weed those people out of their lives.
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Before reading this book, I never considered that everyone I knew could be my enemy. This book really made me think about who was in my life and if they were really my friend or if they were my enemy, out to hurt me.
Enemies Want You Dead by John Blake really makes the reader think about their surroundings and really take stock of everyone they surround themselves with. I am generally a very positive person, I would never think that I have enemies, but when I was reading this it made me question if I really did have enemies. Blake, being a sociologist, has looked at the human interactions between people and has seen the inherent badness of people. I’m not sure I completely agree with most of the things that he says in this book, but it definitely made me think about my interactions with people. It made me start to think if maybe I, myself, was an enemy to people. I personally think this book was written to make people start thinking about the people in their lives and how the reader themselves treat people.
I really enjoyed how the book was set up. I like how Blake broke down the book into several sections such as, enemies; enemies in the family; enemies in relationships; enemy strangers; social climbing enemies and your own worst enemy. In each section there were detailed sections of specific types of enemies within that type. However, what I really liked was that with each type, he gave a scenario so the reader was able to imagine what that specific enemy really was like. For example, in the scenario of the sniper, a daughter is eating a Thanksgiving feast with her family and the mother makes the comment not to eat too much because the daughter is getting fat. The sniper catches you off guard in your comfort zone, making you reel back with hurt. I think we all know someone that is a sniper to us.
There were several things in the book that I did not personally agree with, such as the enemies in the family section. I think it is a bitter view on life if we have to think that even our own families are our enemies. If we cannot trust our own families, who can we trust? It would be a very lonely life if we think that everyone in our lives is our enemy. I personally would rather be hurt than to be constantly looking at everyone and thinking they are my enemy and have no one in my life I could trust.
I’m rating this book 3 out of 4 stars, because I think that the writing of it and the researching of it was well done. I think this book could really help people that are constantly surrounding themselves with unhealthy people and allow them to weed those people out of their lives.
***
Buy "Enemies Want You Dead" on Amazon
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