Review of Chasing the Rabbit
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Review of Chasing the Rabbit
[Following is a volunteer review of "Chasing the Rabbit" by Jerry A. Greenberg.]
Robert Granger or Bob is a workaholic in his fifty's who endeavours for success even though others say he is successful. He considers himself as a Type-A personality. His wife Elaine wants him to retire so that they can spend the rest of their lives together but Bob has no intention of retiring. He thinks retiring would only be a waste of time since he likes to use his time productively. Bob gets involved in a car accident and was taken to the hospital. While Bob was in the hospital, Elaine asked Bob about what he will do after he is released from the hospital, weather he would go back to work or retire. Bob was not certain about what he would do just yet. When Bob was in the hospital he had a recurring dream about a wolf chasing a rabbit but the wolf never catches the rabbit. The dream leaves Bob bemused. The dream was related to Bob and his career. The dream is perhaps trying to say Bob has been chasing something he never catches.
Chasing the rabbit by Jerry A. Greenberg is an interesting book with amazing plot. The book draws the attention of the reader to Bob's point of view especially when he was try to picture what his future would be like. The author also wrote the book in such a way that it got me into a self- scrutiny about what I really want in life. The initial part in the hospital was kind of boring but getting to the middle of it, it got interesting and made me eager to read the next page and to know what's going to happen next. The author related the book to workaholics and I think the book would help them have a critical thought to what they want to achieve and the reason for which they are working.
It got to a point where Bob wished he had died in the accident. That was what I liked about the book because it got me to introspect about the value of life. Bob thought he had made a lot of money which would be able to keep his family going and had simultaneously contributed to the success of his company, so he thought dying would have been better than he surviving and experiencing such affliction, this also made me reflect it to reality as to what my family and my work requires from me.
What I didn't like about the book was that, the author didn't talk about Phyllis again after she left. She was Bob's nurse who had feelings for Bob and had to quit her job to avoid destruction to Bob's marriage. I was looking forward to knowing where she went, what she did afterwards and did she meet someone she could move on with. Apart from that the book is a wonderful book and I enjoyed reading it.
The book is well edited as I noticed no mistakes while I was reading. I rate the book 4 out of 4 stars. Those who like career based novels would enjoy reading the book. I recommend this book for elaborate audience.
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Robert Granger or Bob is a workaholic in his fifty's who endeavours for success even though others say he is successful. He considers himself as a Type-A personality. His wife Elaine wants him to retire so that they can spend the rest of their lives together but Bob has no intention of retiring. He thinks retiring would only be a waste of time since he likes to use his time productively. Bob gets involved in a car accident and was taken to the hospital. While Bob was in the hospital, Elaine asked Bob about what he will do after he is released from the hospital, weather he would go back to work or retire. Bob was not certain about what he would do just yet. When Bob was in the hospital he had a recurring dream about a wolf chasing a rabbit but the wolf never catches the rabbit. The dream leaves Bob bemused. The dream was related to Bob and his career. The dream is perhaps trying to say Bob has been chasing something he never catches.
Chasing the rabbit by Jerry A. Greenberg is an interesting book with amazing plot. The book draws the attention of the reader to Bob's point of view especially when he was try to picture what his future would be like. The author also wrote the book in such a way that it got me into a self- scrutiny about what I really want in life. The initial part in the hospital was kind of boring but getting to the middle of it, it got interesting and made me eager to read the next page and to know what's going to happen next. The author related the book to workaholics and I think the book would help them have a critical thought to what they want to achieve and the reason for which they are working.
It got to a point where Bob wished he had died in the accident. That was what I liked about the book because it got me to introspect about the value of life. Bob thought he had made a lot of money which would be able to keep his family going and had simultaneously contributed to the success of his company, so he thought dying would have been better than he surviving and experiencing such affliction, this also made me reflect it to reality as to what my family and my work requires from me.
What I didn't like about the book was that, the author didn't talk about Phyllis again after she left. She was Bob's nurse who had feelings for Bob and had to quit her job to avoid destruction to Bob's marriage. I was looking forward to knowing where she went, what she did afterwards and did she meet someone she could move on with. Apart from that the book is a wonderful book and I enjoyed reading it.
The book is well edited as I noticed no mistakes while I was reading. I rate the book 4 out of 4 stars. Those who like career based novels would enjoy reading the book. I recommend this book for elaborate audience.
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Chasing the Rabbit
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