It’s almost like saying, these are the rules that you follow in order to not follow the rules.īut beyond that, the book itself also seems to be less timeless than his first book. So to make a book that outlines rules that go against order, it almost seems paradoxical. That, again, is inherently an “orderly” thing. If we take a look at rules through an archetypal lens, what are they? To answer that, I would say it’s providing structure to chaos mapping desired patterns of behaviors into understandable words to follow. Notable rules from his first books would be: clean your room, stand up straight, be precise in your speech.Īgain, you will notice, that these rules revolve around putting things in order.Īnd that’s where I think the second book falls short, and in a way, it was inevitable by the very nature of what rules are.

The whole book seems to about putting your life together AKA getting your life in order (the opposite of chaos). Now, Peterson claims that his first book was mainly focused on the archetypal motif of Chaos, which in a lot of ways I would agree. I’m not sure if it was the health conditions that plagued Peterson, or if he was just running out of things to say, but I just felt as if this book was just a rehash of his first book in a lot of ways.

So to start off, let me just preface with this, I myself might have had a lot of expectations for the book, so my review might come off as a little harsh, but please don’t let that discourage you.Īnyway, what do I think of the book? Underwhelming.Īnd I hate to say this because I wanted to love the book, much like I loved his first book. Nevertheless, I want to write about this book because I feel that this has been much-anticipated by millions around the world.

I’m not sure if it was due to a lack of motivation, though I think it was because the book just didn’t have enough relevant points to write about. And that’s not to say I’ve not finished any books recently, because I have, and many of which I would have loved to sit down and write something about, but I just didn’t feel that push to do it. It has been quite a long time since I’ve done a book review.

Beyond chaos jordan peterson