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Summary: Inspirational,sensational, a step on the path
Review: This book is among the finest I have ever read.It's beauty lies in it's simple yet effective method of relaying spiritual information in the fun form of a story, something at which Richard Bach is adept.It focuses on a seagull named Jonathan who finds himself outcast for being "different". He soon discovers the eternal truth that different is a gift not a burden & learns the lessons sent to try him with great success & spiritual freedom. A parody of human life in our present society & a prediction of how our future may turn out? You be the judge, it has a different message for each person who reads it; that's why it's such a special book. I highly recommend it to anyone with an open mind & a desire to create a better life,and I think that includes almost all of us.
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Summary: My Favorite Book of All Time
Review: Of all the books in my library, this one is my favorite. I have read it many times, usually after wading through some great scientific or engineering work. I would recommed this book to anyone who has an open mind,a good heart and enjoys the "flow" that comes with near perfection.
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Summary: A nice short story
Review: Then first time I read it I was about 12 years old. When I finished it I did not understand what the book was about. But as the years went by I started to understand the book and I felt it was worth of reading it. It did not change my life or whatsoever but a nice short story is always welcome.
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Summary: Inspired writing
Review: Unless you are in a state of depression (poor Suzanne), this book will show you the light. Life is to be pushed to the limit, and that is exactly what Jonathan does!
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Summary: Boring and cliched.
Review: The first time I read this book I hated it. But, as an adolescent I assumed that I just didn't "get it" because everyone else loved it. My book group chose it last month and dutifully I read it again, hoping to understand what I didn't before. Unfortunately, now that I am older and wiser, I disliked it even more. Perhaps when viewed in its historical context, being published in the early '70s on the brink of all the self-help drivel that followed, it could be considered original or extraordinary. But to me, it was the opposite. It was as if Richard Bach was trying to incorporate every feel-good cliche and every religious idea into one marketable paperback. If this book changed your life, I am happy that you have been helped. For me however, I prefer the writings of real philosophers. This is watered-down junk for the masses.
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Summary: A classic inspirational book on psychological individuation
Review: Courage, determination, perseverance, and dreams--these are the requisites to becoming oneself. Jonathan, the seagull, separates from the flock and becomes an outcast because of his dreams of perfection. . . . And he attains his goal; or rather he goes beyond what he initially thought was the ultimate flight of the gull. He returns to his flock, yet not with indignation nor with vengeance, but with compassion. In his journey towards perfection of the seagull, he, as if of necessity, learns the greatest and ultimate lesson--Love. Thus, he rounds out his education. While he began his journey of becoming himself via separation and differentiation, he truly becomes the seagull when he attains buddhahood-- enlightenment--and comes back to share his understanding and skills with the very tribe that ostracized him. With its timeless themes this classic is one of the most powerful stories of our time.
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Summary: Best thing ever happed to me
Review: Personally, this book had a tremendous impact on me. One of three best books I ever read. In general, a very well narrated story, with lots of depth. A must read for someone trying to find oneself or feeling completely misunderstood by others.
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Summary: "Simplicitly" Self Help
Review: Ideas, philosophy, and great writing fly through this book with the effortlessness of a seabird on an ocean breeze. Perhaps the crowning achievment of Richard Bach, as both a writer and philosopher, this book takes the reader on a journey into Self, through the questing form of a seagull whose spirit and faith know no bounds. In the gulls' journey through life we are given a message, a timeless message - that it is we, ourselves, who set our limits, or don't. Not really a childs book, but neither an adults, this is a book for those of us who have not yet adopted the mantle of cynicism and disbelief in possibility which defines the word and concept of "limits". "you have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way." Simple words of an author, or perhaps a seagull, but sometimes it it the simple things which do the most to set us free.
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Summary: Jonathan Livingston Seagull -- A source of courage.
Review: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach gives me the courage to keep striving for excellence even when the "flock" resists my efforts. Sometimes the biggest barrier between being mediocre and exceptional is peer pressure. In Bach's little book, Jonathan resists that pressure and soars to great hights. When he achieves as much as he can he cannot help but share what he has learned with anyone who will listen.
I read the book at least once a year. It's like a motivational booster shot for me. Bach through Jonathan, has shown me that my road to happiness is to learn and share all that I can. It gives me courage to resist peer pressure.
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Summary: A silly name for a seagull
Review: As I read many of the reviews, I was struck by how so many people saw Jonathan's life as a metaphor for their own. Well maybe I'm just not that deep, but I saw this as nothing but a story of a confused bird with an anxiety disorder. I'm sorry but the whole story was just a little too tough to swallow. By the way, I spent some time at the shore this summer, and I can assure you no seagull that I saw even remotely appeared to be as introspective and contemplative as JLS. Anyway, nice try Mr. Bach, but next time, let's make things a little more "real world"
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