Official Review: Little Victories: A Tale Of Divorce, Deb...
Posted: 17 Jan 2014, 02:21
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Little Victories: A Tale Of Divorce, Debauchery And Finding Happiness" by Chris Akin.]
Little Victories-A Tale of Divorce, Debauchery, and Finding Happiness written by Chris Akin is a nonfiction autobiography of a self-proclaimed “metal head” that overcomes what he describes as the worst year of his life and how he finds happiness.
The book is told from the authors point of view and opens up with him telling how his marriage of 23yrs came crashing down on him in what he perceived at the time as unexpected. He went into great depth on his feelings as he contemplated suicide, revenge, bargaining, and pretending that everything was alright. Chris does begin his road to recovery in an unlikely source that teaches him a new way to look at life and examine himself to see his mistakes and faults that is most likely the reason he had ended up full of hatred/rage, overweight, alienated from his family for 12yrs and now his wife leaving him. He eventually began to open up to friends as they helped him get past his pain and showed that he was in fact loved whether he thought he deserved it or not. Upon opening himself up, he was also encouraged by friends and his own guilt to repair the rift between himself and his parents and brother just before it was almost too late.
I liked how the book began, it really grabbed my attention and his description of how he felt and what he was going through was really easy to relate with at times. The chapters on repairing his relationship with his family and the sickness of his father were extremely well written to the point I almost felt I was there.
The author warns up front that this book was written over a long period of time and how his attitude changes over the course. I found this very difficult to follow at times, especially when he was describing his feelings on the divorce. He would move forward a few months and then make back statements that made me think he was describing the first 2 weeks after his wife filed again. I think he spent way too much time talking about the divorce and then revisiting it. I would have liked to read more about the debauchery and finding happiness.
I give this book a rating 2 out of 4 stars. Overall, I enjoyed reading it but I found the flow difficult at times and the majority of the book to be filled with anger, self loathing, and depression, a negative feel to it per say. I am sure some people will read it and relate to it better than I did, as they may have had similar experiences and can use what they learned from Mr. Akins to better their own life.
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Little Victories-A Tale of Divorce, Debauchery, and Finding Happiness written by Chris Akin is a nonfiction autobiography of a self-proclaimed “metal head” that overcomes what he describes as the worst year of his life and how he finds happiness.
The book is told from the authors point of view and opens up with him telling how his marriage of 23yrs came crashing down on him in what he perceived at the time as unexpected. He went into great depth on his feelings as he contemplated suicide, revenge, bargaining, and pretending that everything was alright. Chris does begin his road to recovery in an unlikely source that teaches him a new way to look at life and examine himself to see his mistakes and faults that is most likely the reason he had ended up full of hatred/rage, overweight, alienated from his family for 12yrs and now his wife leaving him. He eventually began to open up to friends as they helped him get past his pain and showed that he was in fact loved whether he thought he deserved it or not. Upon opening himself up, he was also encouraged by friends and his own guilt to repair the rift between himself and his parents and brother just before it was almost too late.
I liked how the book began, it really grabbed my attention and his description of how he felt and what he was going through was really easy to relate with at times. The chapters on repairing his relationship with his family and the sickness of his father were extremely well written to the point I almost felt I was there.
The author warns up front that this book was written over a long period of time and how his attitude changes over the course. I found this very difficult to follow at times, especially when he was describing his feelings on the divorce. He would move forward a few months and then make back statements that made me think he was describing the first 2 weeks after his wife filed again. I think he spent way too much time talking about the divorce and then revisiting it. I would have liked to read more about the debauchery and finding happiness.
I give this book a rating 2 out of 4 stars. Overall, I enjoyed reading it but I found the flow difficult at times and the majority of the book to be filled with anger, self loathing, and depression, a negative feel to it per say. I am sure some people will read it and relate to it better than I did, as they may have had similar experiences and can use what they learned from Mr. Akins to better their own life.
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Buy "Little Victories: A Tale Of Divorce, Debauchery And Finding Happiness" on Amazon