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I really wanted to get something meaningful out of The Fullness of God, but I found it almost impossible to follow. Maybe I’m just not smart enough for Schuon, but reading this felt like getting lost in a maze of tangents.

He constantly interrupts himself to clarify a point, then interrupts that clarification with another clarification, and before you know it, you’ve completely lost the original thread. It’s like trying to read three sentences at once, all nested inside each other. There were definitely moments where I could sense something profound just beyond my reach, but the writing style made it so hard to access.

I’m sure there’s wisdom in here, but it’s buried under such dense, winding prose that I honestly couldn’t stay with it. It was more exhausting than enlightening.

This book is simply a must-read, for everyone. It totally opens your eyes to how our minds and attention spans are being manipulated and hijacked by those little devices we can't live without. It actually encouraged me to buy an e-ink phone and embark on a digital privacy journey. I've recommended it to many people and had some very interesting discussions with everyone I've talked about it to. It seems that it touches on something we all know deep down, but don't really want to face.

I put together a list of books I should read to get into thrillers, and this was suggested to me. It does a great job sucking you in, very intriguing and mind-bending. Although it's a big book, I was pretty captivated and managed to finish it in 2 days. Definitely an emotional rollercoaster, I felt stressed and confused throughout a lot of it, and there were many "oh fuck" moments.