It’s too bad I didn’t enjoy this book because I absolutely loved “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Foer. I was really excited about reading this thinking it would be equally good but it just didn’t live up to what I was expecting.

I was almost ready to give this a positive rating because I started to enjoy parts of the end but I couldn’t do it.

From the cover and title, I could tell that this book was right up my alley, and it was hard to resist when it came out. The content ranged from historical to current, I learned so much about the history of these “decency wars” that I did not know, and I was refreshed on the incidents I was well aware of. For instance, I had no clue that the Puritan religious culture of our country can actually be traced back to Henry VIII! And of course the wrongs of the religious right are expertly exposed.

When I first started reading this book, my husband noted that the thing he doesn’t like about non-fiction books is that they often expose a problem, but not the solution. I read non-fiction a lot, this doesn’t bother me, but he is a little bit correct. This is exactly why I was happy that this book devoted the last chapter to a solution for fighting this particular problem. The bullets weren’t a stretch to the things I already believe or already do, but what they did do was make me realize that there’s more I need to do (without feeling like I wasn’t already doing enough).

If you care a lot about anti-censorship, intellectual freedom, and the like, you will certainly enjoy this book.

I liked the book alright but I thought the movie was better. I actually thought it was going to be the other way around when I saw the trailers for this too…the movie is just so beautifully written.

I love it, love it, love it!!!! I just finished the audio version of the book and the performance is also great. It makes you cry, sometimes laugh, and think…a lot. This book is just simply amazing.

I actually only just read Brokeback Mountain, I didn’t really feel like reading the whole book. I really enjoyed Brokeback Mountain though, I’m interested in seeing the movie to see how it compares.

This is my husband and I to a tee! This book made me feel like it was ok to embrace that slacker quality about myself, because at the end of the day you’ll love yourself better for it.

A lot of what they mentioned in the book was common sense. I also recommend the other Windows XP books I have on my list if you’re interested in really making your OS work better.

An excellent series! I don’t have kids but I would surely enjoy sharing this with them if I did.

This book is absolutely amazing!!!!! My husband and I feel so much more prepared in dealing with our financial situation now. I’m actually thinking about buying this as a Christmas present for my young, fabulous, and broke friends and family!

I read this after seeing the Divine Secrets movie, I will read the book next but I was also surprised about some of the more “disturbing aspects” even having only seeing the movie and not reading the second book yet.