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Summary: Best book you will ever read!
Review: I would categorize this book as "Inspirational fiction". It is very well written, easy to understand, and a fun read. If you don't understand or enjoy the book then your simply brain dead. It makes good reading for people of any age, young or old. And, it will inspire those with an imagination to reach greater heights! Read this book and learn to fly...
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Summary: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Review: The story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull is much more than just a bird learning to fly. It's a story that teaches freedom, dedication, and desire. This story teaches people that there is more to life than what meets the eye. I would recommend this story to anyone who is struggling with decisions about what they want to do in life, or rather what they believe they can do with their life. I read this story at a good time in life. Right now I am trying to pick a career that's going to satisfy my needs and myself. Instead of doing something only for the money, since that's essential for life, I want to do something that I can wake up every morning and look forward to doing it. I thought about becoming a nurse but figured I wasn't smart enough to go into that. This story taught me to believe in myself and go for what I want. It doesn't matter if I think I can handle it or not because I can do anything I set my mind to. Like I said, I would recommend this story to anyone who is trying to decide where to go to college, what to major in, what sports to pursue, and other big decisions such as those. It's hard to explain the lesson to the story or the feeling you get when reading this story, you just need to read it and find out.
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Summary: Read years ago, now what to share with my children
Review: My children and I were talking about favorite books over dinner one night (children are 10,12 &18) when one of them asked me what my favorite book was. I am not an avid reader, so at first I could not really think of an answer. After a little thought, I remembered back to a book I read when I was in 5th grade - some 30 years ago, that really left an impression on me. Jonathan Livingston Seagull! My children all gave me blank looks - they had never heard of the book. That evening I logged on to Amazon.com and ordered the book. I am hoping we can read the book together, each taking a turn and reading a chapter outloud. (I remember the book being easy to read and fell that even the 10 year old can participate.) I hope it will be as memorable to my children as it has been to me.
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Summary: Awesomely Inspiring!
Review: I read this book for the first time when I was in high-school and felt inspired. I didn't quite understand what it all meant but felt that the author was talking about something very important within all of us. Ever since, I have lived my life as an exploration of the meaning of all of this and it has been nothing short of miraculous. I still go back to this book many times and highly recommend it to anyone that feels that there is more to life than meets the eye. A recent book that really helped me understand some of these things at a conscious level is "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It is more of a book on theory but I'm sure you will absolutely love it if you are on this type of journey. Happy trails!
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Summary: a very quick and inspiring read
Review: this book will only take about an hour to read, and i highly recommend you read it. what have you got to lose? this book will inspire you in many ways. read this book and i'm sure it will become one of your favorites!!
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Summary: Bach...A Literary Genius!
Review: This is certainly one of today's classics...an inspirational story to its core.
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Summary: A wonderful book that everyone should read espcially kids
Review: This is a wonderful book that made me think about many things especially achieving your dreams. It is a very simple book and its written in a way that is very easy to follow. I find this book to be very inspirational and it shows how all of us can achieve anything we want if we just we put our mind, heart and soul into what we're doing and never give up no matter how tough the long journey ahead seems to be. I found this book late in my life, I wish I would have read it when I was much younger but it's better late than never and now that I have read it I understand so many things that had I read the book many years before I would have done differently. This is an excellent book for everyone and I highly recommend it. They should make this book required reading for school children so they can learn the true meaning of going for what they want in spite of negative opposition from others. I'm glad I found this book even at my age, it made look at life in a different perspective. EXCELLENT!
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Summary: The Mignificence of a Magnificent Obsession
Review: The tale of Jonathan Seagull is one of trials and unknown growth. I live by the pacific ocean and am continuously seeing HUNGRY seagulls flying around looking for some completely useless tidbit. Well, maybe useful from the standpoint of staying alive, but what use is that if you don't do anything more wonderful than eat?
Mt father insisted that I got this book from the bookstore one day, and I will never regret getting it. It is like Bach's ultimate goal. Although I rather wish I was a gull. ;)
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Summary: My Thoughts on JLS
Review: Like many who have reviewed this book, I read Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 8th grade, but unlike them, I read it by choice, on a recommendation by my father. I will admit, the fact that it is a short book with large print was a welcome suprise to me at first, but while reading the book I found myself wishing it was longer.
By this I don't mean the book lacked anything, but just that I loved the book so much I wanted more.
Yes, I, like many, was influenced greatly by this book. I know, I know, "He's a seagull!" but the fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter what he is necessarily. If you're not comfortable finding inspiration in the form of a seagull, then rewrite the book in your mind to fit your needs. Jonathan in a inspiration because of the things he does, not what species he is.
If you are a reader who enjoys philosophy, but not books that over complicate everything for the purpose of sounding more important, JLS is the book for you. It is a short, simple read, but for those with an open mind and a good imagination, its effect will continue for years after you read it.
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Summary: Inspirational Sentiment
Review: This book is Richard Beak's finest work. A simple story told with complex texture, the bird symbolizes the ineffable longings within humanity for a transcendental epiphany; a neon in the night of our stumblings; flash! I see! I hear! I fly! Valleys of failure and hills of hope are the topographic text through which the tale travels, and white-winged and wide are our stretchings towards self-actualization. This is a work of singular vision, aided by a slight editorial suggestion by me. Beak had just finished the final draft and we were sitting together on Santa Monica pier, feeding bread to the gathering gulls. Hundreds of the wretched creatures, all squawking and pecking and flapping. It was like being in the centre of a feathery blizzard and we were covered in gull-goo and crumbs. Fearing for our lives and an exorbitant dry-cleaning bill, we decamped to the safety of a nearby bar. After a dozen or so fortifying flagons, Beak unwrapped the splattered manuscript and showed me the title. Something about it wasn't quite right, so I propped the stupefied scribbler back into his chair and said, "Richie, sure the bird idea's got legs, but Jonathan Livingston TURKEY? When those flocking gulls disappear, take a stumble along the beach and see what else you can come up with."
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