Review of Butterfliology, Free Thought: The Art of Defining Yourself for Yourself

[Dustin Stopher]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Butterfliology, Free Thought: The Art of Defining Yourself for Yourself" by J. Azules Amor.]

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1 out of 4 stars

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Butterfliology, Free Thought: The Art of Defining Yourself for Yourself, a seminal work by writer J. Azules Amor, is a self-help book with a spiritual flair. As its long title suggests, the book focuses on the concept of butterfliology, defined by Amor as free thought combined with the embrace of spirituality. Readers are urged to learn about this idea throughout the work so that they can implement it as a mantra for their own lives. With butterfliology incorporated into a daily routine, individuals should be able to bask in their own uniqueness as well as make strides toward their goals through intuition and persistence. The book also adds pointers on how to navigate social relationships, what values should be prioritized, and how to tether your new mindset to a higher power, whether that be a specific god or the universe itself.

The work, like most self-help books, has lofty inspirations for how it can provide aid to its readership. In some regards, it may even be considered successful. The tone employed is certainly a motivational one, and it is easy to see how learning the concept of butterfliology might inspire readers to make improvements in their own lives. With topics covered in the book spanning personal relationships to self care to raising self-confidence, those invested in learning the themes outlined by Amor can find a lot of grounding information for managing their own guiding philosophies.

It is sad, then, that the book is very sloppy in its approach. Chapters bounce from topic to topic without clear rhyme or reason. Some tips even seem out of place, such as not underestimating the power of orgasms. The orgasm example also illustrates how virtually none of the information presented in the book is based in any kind of empirical science or body of evidence. Rather, the author spews must-know principles that are devoid of justification. The advice could be seen as simply an opinionated outlook on life that could still help some people, but even with this lens, there are problems to be had. The writing is non-sequitur in nature and bogged down by countless editorial mistakes that make the information being shared incredibly difficult to understand. It would regularly be the case that I would have to reread a sentence so that I could try to piece together what the author was saying. Due to its confounding composition and overall disorganization, the text’s dialectic on butterfliology reads more accurately as gobbledygook.

Quite frankly, until the book receives substantial attention in fixing its structure and syntax, there are few people I would recommend this book to. While its content may appeal to some audiences, namely those who look for useful information in all sources or those easily immersed in spirituality, a bulk of readers will likely find the work unhelpful. As some sexual discussion is present, those not comfortable with this area of discourse may also want to avoid the work.

I will give this text 1 out of 4 stars. Its loose and unfocused method of teaching butterfliology comes across as unpolished as does its abysmal writing. Amor’s stream of consciousness is hard to follow, and the ideas conveyed feel almost randomly determined. I am confident that there are better self-help books out there for the spiritually minded.

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Butterfliology, Free Thought: The Art of Defining Yourself for Yourself
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[Chinaza Nnabuenyi]

Just the title of the book will give you a clue of what you are in for. Great review.

[Joyjen]

Amazing review, I agree with the author that it's through intuition and persistence that we can achieve our goal. This seems like a great book. I think they should work on the errors.
Thanks for a great review.

[Sayed111]

Amazing review
It is sad, then, that the book is very sloppy in its approach. Chapters bounce from topic to topic