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⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5
I'm gonna start this review in the same way as my other recent books by saying that every book starts off with the maximum 5 stars and a hope that they will all still be stuck firmly in place by the time I finish reading it.
I got the ARC of this book straight from the publisher via Net Galley.
I've always been interested in philosophy and I'm qualified to work with children so I know how pure their thoughts are and also how they ask questions that are hard to answer at times.
It's almost my bed time so I'm intending on reading one chapter tonight and hopefully finish the book and this review tomorrow.
The first section is already blowing my mind with the 5-year-old author asking "what is red?". I've had that question a few times in my working life and it looks like I'm not the only one.
I'm loving the first 1% of the book... I just hope it doesn't send my head so deep that I can't sleep is all lol
I'm up to 2% now but my body is telling me that it's time for bed so I'm guessing I'll have mind-exploding dreams tonight, but I can't wait to get stuck back into it tomorrow!
It's now the next day and after approximately 3 hours I'm at the end of the first part and at 5% of the way through. Can I make a suggestion? You prepare for a looong first few pages by grabbing yourself a drink and couple of snacks before you start 'cos you won't want to stop when you've got started. The mug of peach tea I made myself immediately before I started reading is now barely tepid and I've only had 2 mouthfuls of it and read 2%.
The percents are whizzing by considerably faster now that I'm past the introduction now. Gonna go and make myself another hot drink to try and unache my neck. I'm up to 22% now, so I think it's about time, don't you? lol
I've guzzled the majority of my mug of peach tea now, and my neck is feeling slightly better, so I'm gonna aim to read up to at least 25%. If you have an interest in any kind of philosophy and you want to read other people's thoughts on it to expand your knowledge, then I definitely recommend you get this book... it's opened my eyes and made me look at my own thoughts and reasons and critically question them - the addition of the author's sons' thoughts to gently introduce or explain new ideas is fantastic and each of those stars are still very well deserved.
Well that's told me then! My Kindle has just run out of juice so I think that's its way of enforcing my need for a break for a few hours to process what I've read over the last 26-ish hours. I just hope I can remember where I had read up to when I start reading again tomorrow. So far though, this is a must-read book for everyone with an interest in philosophy and a soft spot for the innocent (but often unknowingly deep) questions of little kids.
I've reached the start of "Part II" now, so that seems like a good place to stop for the night.
Back for the third days reading, but considering I didn't start reading until the evening on the first day, let's not count that as a day of reading 'cos it wasn't a full one.
I'm up to 40% now and I've yet to find a reason to knock off a single star. I got an copy for free in advance of publication from the publisher and I've just checked the release price (1st May 2022 at 10.47am) and it's an absolute steal at only £17.60 for the hardcover version and £10.99 for the Kindle version, for such a hefty tome (359 pages) that's incredible value for money and the quality makes it even better value for money! This book should be snapped up by anyone with any interest whatsoever in philosophy or parenting (or both) - the author has even caused me to raise a smile or even chuckle to myself on a few occasions, which is pretty much unheard of for me!
Another drinking chocolate sees me up to part III and 47% of the way through... I still maintain that this is a truly fantastic book and those five stars still being firmly in place at almost half way through, is all the proof I need that it's well worth the money and I'm really hoping that they will all still be firmly in place by the time I finish this book.
Up to 60% now and my drinking chocolate is barely tepid again, so I've just drunk three quarters in one go... it takes something absolutely incredible to make me forget to consume chocolate and this book has done that twice so far today - I wish I could give it six stars out of five for that reason alone ;-) Gonna read section 10 and hopefully finish it before I have my lunch, then settle in for another absolutely incredible reading session afterwards. I really am loving and apprectiating this book so much.
Just had my lunch and I'm gonna settle back to read more of this truly incredible book now... I can't wait to see what question it raises next and I've already opened the discussion about one of the questions the book has asked on my blog - I can't recommend this book highly enough right now!
Oh dear, the first star is coming off after the author has used three characters in two well-known computer games - I really hate doing this 'cos it's still a five star book but my sense of fairness to other books that I've reviewed and knocked a star off for exactly the same reason, means that the star is flopping sadly to the ground.
Oh.
My.
Gosh.
I've just finished the book (the last 20% was acknowledgements and reference material the author has used throughout the book. I read the acknowledgements but skipped through the references). I stand by what I thought two days ago (almost to the minute) - it's provided ways to open up more questions and thoughts and reflections which will expand my mind in ways that it hasn't been able to before I read this book.
I so so wanted this to be a 5 star book but the copyright/trademark thing made my sense of fair play win 'cos I've knocked a star off other books for the same reason.
A must-read for everyone with any kind of interest in philosophy at all, especially if you enjoy the pure questioning of younger children.
Get this book and be prepared for your mind to be blown.
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