Review Roundup

Reviewers praise the book’s eloquence, sincerity, humane tone, practical understanding of human motives, and capacity to inspire searching prayer and self-examination. Its short devotional chapters also reward slow reading. Criticism centers on repetition, an inward-looking spirituality that can neglect love expressed toward others, and an exhausting emphasis on self-denial. Some reviewers additionally find the structure loosely connected and the tone overly anxious, while others warn that its older language and demanding ideas can make it difficult reading.