The book could have been a five star but is held back by Peterson's lack of restraint regarding his views on women. The self-help/philosophy sections are genuinely great. Anyone reading the book can find some value in his thoughts.

The problem with the book is there is a second, smaller book inside this book. Peterson can't help himself from frequently commenting on how he finds modern women to be terrible. You get a taste of this when he discusses order and chaos, assigning the less-desirable chaos as something represented by the feminine. Then he casually hints that no-fault divorce was a mistake. This trend continues to build throughout the book, leaving the reader with the understanding that modern women are destroying men and society itself.

That's a lot of bold claims for a self-help book. If Peterson felt confident he could back the claims, then he should have written another book directly dealing with modern women. Instead, he sneaks it into a self-help book, which is objectively a weird choice.

If Peterson had just written a self-help book, this would be an easy 5 stars. However, because he kept tossing in controversial ideas without backing them with proper evidence in care (thus moving into the realm of propaganda instead of reasoned argument), I have to give it 3 stars.