Review of In It Together (2nd Edition Hardcover from B&N)
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Review of In It Together (2nd Edition Hardcover from B&N)
[Following is a volunteer review of "In It Together (2nd Edition Hardcover from B&N)" by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes.]
In It Together: A Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes (2022) is essentially about finding inner peace, or more accurately, allowing the inner peace that is already there. The book begins by distinguishing between the human body and your consciousness. It goes on to discuss how temptation and having an “I’ll be happy when…” mindset prevents you from experiencing inner peace. Towards the end of the book (roughly the last third of the book), Hughes provides insightful suggestions on how to “let go” and experience inner peace.
I read the Hardcover edition of this book (purchased from Barnes & Noble). It has a beautiful high gloss cover and book jacket. The pages are smooth to touch and the text and formatting are aesthetically pleasing. There were two places (p. 71 & 83) where I noticed that the justified alignment caused the words to run together (minimalspacingbetweeneachwordonaline) but those were the only editing issues I saw and I probably wouldn’t have even noticed them if I wasn’t specifically looking for errors.
Overall, I found the content of the book really relatable to my own experience. For example, I have a tendency to overcommit and this book reaffirmed my desire to purposefully choose calm and ease over making more commitments and promises than I can keep. This book has strengthened my resolve to, in Hughes words, “Do less, better” (p. 181).
I highlighted some really insightful quotes, but my favorite was “an apology without changed behavior is merely dishonest manipulation” (p. 53 & 57). This really resonated with me, as did Hughes’ explanation of the Socretes quote “Be as you wish to seem.” Hughes ponders, “How much inner peace is sacrificed by people who desperately try to seem to be something they could actually be but choose not to be?” (p. 139).
This is the first philosophy book I’ve read since college two decades ago and at first I found a few of the phrases and analogies distracting but once I got into the flow of the book I really enjoyed it. The quotes by other philosophers paired with Hughes explanations made the concepts easy to grasp.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars. I’m an avid reader (I’ve read/rated over 1200 books) and this book held my interest and I devoured it in one afternoon. Although this is not my normal genre, I found the book well written and insightful.
I would recommend this book to teens and adults wanting a light, relatable book pondering deep, philosophical questions.
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In It Together (2nd Edition Hardcover from B&N)
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In It Together: A Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes (2022) is essentially about finding inner peace, or more accurately, allowing the inner peace that is already there. The book begins by distinguishing between the human body and your consciousness. It goes on to discuss how temptation and having an “I’ll be happy when…” mindset prevents you from experiencing inner peace. Towards the end of the book (roughly the last third of the book), Hughes provides insightful suggestions on how to “let go” and experience inner peace.
I read the Hardcover edition of this book (purchased from Barnes & Noble). It has a beautiful high gloss cover and book jacket. The pages are smooth to touch and the text and formatting are aesthetically pleasing. There were two places (p. 71 & 83) where I noticed that the justified alignment caused the words to run together (minimalspacingbetweeneachwordonaline) but those were the only editing issues I saw and I probably wouldn’t have even noticed them if I wasn’t specifically looking for errors.
Overall, I found the content of the book really relatable to my own experience. For example, I have a tendency to overcommit and this book reaffirmed my desire to purposefully choose calm and ease over making more commitments and promises than I can keep. This book has strengthened my resolve to, in Hughes words, “Do less, better” (p. 181).
I highlighted some really insightful quotes, but my favorite was “an apology without changed behavior is merely dishonest manipulation” (p. 53 & 57). This really resonated with me, as did Hughes’ explanation of the Socretes quote “Be as you wish to seem.” Hughes ponders, “How much inner peace is sacrificed by people who desperately try to seem to be something they could actually be but choose not to be?” (p. 139).
This is the first philosophy book I’ve read since college two decades ago and at first I found a few of the phrases and analogies distracting but once I got into the flow of the book I really enjoyed it. The quotes by other philosophers paired with Hughes explanations made the concepts easy to grasp.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars. I’m an avid reader (I’ve read/rated over 1200 books) and this book held my interest and I devoured it in one afternoon. Although this is not my normal genre, I found the book well written and insightful.
I would recommend this book to teens and adults wanting a light, relatable book pondering deep, philosophical questions.
******
In It Together (2nd Edition Hardcover from B&N)
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