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Summary: Inspiring short story
Review: Yeah, the story emphasise on self improvement and attaining perfection (at any cost)in whatever we do. Must be enjoyed by anyone who likes inspiring short stories.
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Summary: I absolutely LOVED it!
Review: I can only rave about this book. My predicament is that I have heard it read by the author, but alas, he writes a stupendous story but reads it with a lisp. I am quite certain that I have heard "Jonathan Livingstone Seagull" read by Richard Harris more than 20 years ago and am still interested in tracking down a used copy of that audio (might have been vinyl). Can anyone help me? I would be most grateful. Originally I wanted to have my small daughter hear it but now she is 20 and still I think it is a beautiful story for her to hear, especially as read by Richard Harris.
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Summary: abyssmal nonesense on par with Dianetics
Review: This book is a piece of trash. I feel that nothing other than such a blunt remark justifies my feelings towards this mish-mash of bogey, high-faultin' pretention and early 70s self-help gibberish. Clearly, this tripe hooked on to the swinging trend of cascading times when mid-life crisis was hitting people from 16 to 76. It will take the reader about an hour to puff through the briefness on nothingness with such inspired pages like "Johnathan Livingston Seagull flies!" on a page with a picture of the bird soaring off high into the sky. Real deep. The basic, Scientology inspired motivation is keen wrapped around something passed off by its publisher as literature about you and me and us and them when, in reality, it is about Richard Bach's own trifling human insecurities and his pompous belief that if he feels it, we all do. Surely most authors have such pretentions, but most are able to wrap a story around it so we can ignore it all the way through.
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Summary: Inspirational,sensational, a step on the path
Review: This book is among the finest I have ever read.It's beauty lies in it's simple yet effective method of relaying spiritual information in the fun form of a story, something at which Richard Bach is adept.It focuses on a seagull named Jonathan who finds himself outcast for being "different". He soon discovers the eternal truth that different is a gift not a burden & learns the lessons sent to try him with great success & spiritual freedom. A parody of human life in our present society & a prediction of how our future may turn out? You be the judge, it has a different message for each person who reads it; that's why it's such a special book. I highly recommend it to anyone with an open mind & a desire to create a better life,and I think that includes almost all of us.
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Summary: My Favorite Book of All Time
Review: Of all the books in my library, this one is my favorite. I have read it many times, usually after wading through some great scientific or engineering work. I would recommed this book to anyone who has an open mind,a good heart and enjoys the "flow" that comes with near perfection.
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Summary: A nice short story
Review: Then first time I read it I was about 12 years old. When I finished it I did not understand what the book was about. But as the years went by I started to understand the book and I felt it was worth of reading it. It did not change my life or whatsoever but a nice short story is always welcome.
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Summary: Inspired writing
Review: Unless you are in a state of depression (poor Suzanne), this book will show you the light. Life is to be pushed to the limit, and that is exactly what Jonathan does!
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Summary: Boring and cliched.
Review: The first time I read this book I hated it. But, as an adolescent I assumed that I just didn't "get it" because everyone else loved it. My book group chose it last month and dutifully I read it again, hoping to understand what I didn't before. Unfortunately, now that I am older and wiser, I disliked it even more. Perhaps when viewed in its historical context, being published in the early '70s on the brink of all the self-help drivel that followed, it could be considered original or extraordinary. But to me, it was the opposite. It was as if Richard Bach was trying to incorporate every feel-good cliche and every religious idea into one marketable paperback. If this book changed your life, I am happy that you have been helped. For me however, I prefer the writings of real philosophers. This is watered-down junk for the masses.
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Summary: A classic inspirational book on psychological individuation
Review: Courage, determination, perseverance, and dreams--these are the requisites to becoming oneself. Jonathan, the seagull, separates from the flock and becomes an outcast because of his dreams of perfection. . . . And he attains his goal; or rather he goes beyond what he initially thought was the ultimate flight of the gull. He returns to his flock, yet not with indignation nor with vengeance, but with compassion. In his journey towards perfection of the seagull, he, as if of necessity, learns the greatest and ultimate lesson--Love. Thus, he rounds out his education. While he began his journey of becoming himself via separation and differentiation, he truly becomes the seagull when he attains buddhahood-- enlightenment--and comes back to share his understanding and skills with the very tribe that ostracized him. With its timeless themes this classic is one of the most powerful stories of our time.
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Summary: Best thing ever happed to me
Review: Personally, this book had a tremendous impact on me. One of three best books I ever read. In general, a very well narrated story, with lots of depth. A must read for someone trying to find oneself or feeling completely misunderstood by others.
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