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(More customer reviews)I was eagerly anticipating this book, having loved Oprah's inspirational style and all the incredible people she seems to be surrounded by. This would be a book with the very best tidbits of 10 years compilation from Oprah Magazine...so what could possibly be better than that?
Well, the lovely cover makes this appear like a jewel, but inside was actually rather bland. Page after page was filled with single sentences by various important people of our time (and some good old tried & true as well). Without any inside "art" or decorative formulation, it looked a bit more like a textbook than a light, fun read. Perhaps the simplicity was intentional, so as not to take away from the content, but it resulted in something that was actually a little boring.
That said, Oprah certainly knows how to put together great minds, and the contributors were a fantastic group of people. Not all of what they had to say was "inspirational", some was more advice-like, or common sense wisdom. It's also possible, in my opinion, that the book could have been edited a bit further, as this did not feel like just the "best of the best". Rather, it was as if there was a tidbit from every interview and/or article from O Magazine ever written. There were many sentences that really said nothing special or new to me. Maybe that's because I am a subscriber to O, and have simply seen it all before.
This is still a sweet little book, geared primarily toward women & more precisely, adults. I had thought this might be a fabulous graduation gift but I don't feel it has the tone of something appealing to a college grad. However, Oprah followers and those who love her magazine contributors (Suze Orman on finance, for example) and her friends (Maya Angelou, and more of course) will probably enjoy it, though they may have the same experience of deja vu that I have had. I suppose if we are to be experiencing anything more than once, it might as well be something positive.
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