Breakfast with Buddha: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (859 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004XXVTQ4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 103 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Almost brilliant--could be a 5-star but it made me mad at the end I don't mean the ending of the book made me mad (no spoilers! Fear not!) The end just instantly negated everything I had fallen in love with in the book. I call that ruining my love for this book, which love had risen to immense size till that completely stupid ending. But what nearly killed me, due to the intensity I had felt, of love, thru the book, was like seeing Angelina Jolie peel of. "On the road to Karma" according to Rosie. This is a travelogue of a fairly straight laced, middle aged guy who has life "all figured out" and everything is just fine thank you, and I don't want to be bothered or confused by with any unnecessary changes. Karma intervenes and he was unexpectedly paired with the current guru of his "crazy" (by his definition) sister. So he just started driving from New York (would you do that?) to No. "Not uplifting" according to Susaninacloud. This read took me quite some time. The road trip had just enough action to keep me going, hoping for a pay off at the end. But the end of the story didn't uplift me at all. I was left we the image of a terrified grandma screaming, I'm dying, I'm dying, while her grandson sits in another room, thinking, Did you expect to be exempt? I think the book was supposed to help the reader face death
But in an effort to westernize his passenger---and amuse himself---he decides to show the monk some "American fun" along the way. Gradually, skepticism yields to amazement as he realizes that his companion might just be the real thing. When his sister tricks him into taking her guru on a trip to their childhood home, Otto Ringling, a confirmed skeptic, is not amused. In Roland Merullo's masterful hands, Otto tells his story with all the wonder, bemusement, and wry humor of a man who unwittingly finds what he's missing in the most unexpected place.. From a chocolate factory in Hershey to a bowling alley in South Bend, from a Cubs game at Wrigley field to his family farm near Bismarck, Otto is given the remarkable opportunity to see his world---and more important, his life---through someone else's eyes. Six days on the road with an enigmatic holy man who answers every question with a riddle is not what he'd planned