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Summary: Bach...A Literary Genius!
Review: This is certainly one of today's classics...an inspirational story to its core.
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Summary: A wonderful book that everyone should read espcially kids
Review: This is a wonderful book that made me think about many things especially achieving your dreams. It is a very simple book and its written in a way that is very easy to follow. I find this book to be very inspirational and it shows how all of us can achieve anything we want if we just we put our mind, heart and soul into what we're doing and never give up no matter how tough the long journey ahead seems to be. I found this book late in my life, I wish I would have read it when I was much younger but it's better late than never and now that I have read it I understand so many things that had I read the book many years before I would have done differently. This is an excellent book for everyone and I highly recommend it. They should make this book required reading for school children so they can learn the true meaning of going for what they want in spite of negative opposition from others. I'm glad I found this book even at my age, it made look at life in a different perspective. EXCELLENT!
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Summary: The Mignificence of a Magnificent Obsession
Review: The tale of Jonathan Seagull is one of trials and unknown growth. I live by the pacific ocean and am continuously seeing HUNGRY seagulls flying around looking for some completely useless tidbit. Well, maybe useful from the standpoint of staying alive, but what use is that if you don't do anything more wonderful than eat?
Mt father insisted that I got this book from the bookstore one day, and I will never regret getting it. It is like Bach's ultimate goal. Although I rather wish I was a gull. ;)
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Summary: My Thoughts on JLS
Review: Like many who have reviewed this book, I read Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 8th grade, but unlike them, I read it by choice, on a recommendation by my father. I will admit, the fact that it is a short book with large print was a welcome suprise to me at first, but while reading the book I found myself wishing it was longer.
By this I don't mean the book lacked anything, but just that I loved the book so much I wanted more.
Yes, I, like many, was influenced greatly by this book. I know, I know, "He's a seagull!" but the fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter what he is necessarily. If you're not comfortable finding inspiration in the form of a seagull, then rewrite the book in your mind to fit your needs. Jonathan in a inspiration because of the things he does, not what species he is.
If you are a reader who enjoys philosophy, but not books that over complicate everything for the purpose of sounding more important, JLS is the book for you. It is a short, simple read, but for those with an open mind and a good imagination, its effect will continue for years after you read it.
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Summary: Inspirational Sentiment
Review: This book is Richard Beak's finest work. A simple story told with complex texture, the bird symbolizes the ineffable longings within humanity for a transcendental epiphany; a neon in the night of our stumblings; flash! I see! I hear! I fly! Valleys of failure and hills of hope are the topographic text through which the tale travels, and white-winged and wide are our stretchings towards self-actualization. This is a work of singular vision, aided by a slight editorial suggestion by me. Beak had just finished the final draft and we were sitting together on Santa Monica pier, feeding bread to the gathering gulls. Hundreds of the wretched creatures, all squawking and pecking and flapping. It was like being in the centre of a feathery blizzard and we were covered in gull-goo and crumbs. Fearing for our lives and an exorbitant dry-cleaning bill, we decamped to the safety of a nearby bar. After a dozen or so fortifying flagons, Beak unwrapped the splattered manuscript and showed me the title. Something about it wasn't quite right, so I propped the stupefied scribbler back into his chair and said, "Richie, sure the bird idea's got legs, but Jonathan Livingston TURKEY? When those flocking gulls disappear, take a stumble along the beach and see what else you can come up with."
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Summary: Ultimate Fantasy
Review: This is the ultimate fantasy of love and kindness triumphing over the mundane matters of everyday existance. Hurray for the spiritually evolved gull, who decides love is more important than food, and "thinking will make it so". We can all learn a priceless lesson from Jonathan!
Arlene Millman
author of BOOMERANG - A MIRACLE TRILOGY
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Summary: There is much more to this book than at first glance
Review: This slim little volume is quite an interesting book. In the simplistic sense it is the story of a seagull who is exiled from the flock because of unseagull like tendencies. Jonathon was a seagull who dreams of flying, not like the other gulls, but to the full extent of his potential. He wants to be better, to fly better and this is contrary to the nature of the flock. He doesn't fit in and he is exiled for it. After the exile he discovers that there is an entirely different world out there with gulls who are also trying to reach their potential. He becomes part of this world and tries to teach other gulls to not just follow the flock but rather to excel and be a better gull. This is the simple explanation of the story. This is also not all there is to the story of Jonathon Livingston Seagull. This is a fable for us to learn a lesson from. Richard Bach is telling us that we can be like Jonathon Seagull. He is telling us that we must still seek our higher ambition even if our friends and family don't understand or try to hold us back. This is a very relevant book for today (even though it was written 30 years ago). Call it a fable, call it a parable, this is a good book to read and should even be on some required reading lists.
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Summary: Read More and Be Inspired By these Great Books!!!
Review: Can't get enough of visionary fiction? Neither can I! These are just a few titles that will inspire you: The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield) ; The Butterfly (Jay Singh); The Monk who sold his Ferrari (Robin Sharma) ; The Alchemist (Paulo Coehlo); Chasing Rumi (Roger Housden). My favorite is by far and away THE ALCHEMIST! Go ahead...be inspired. Happy reading. Donald S. Buckland.
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Summary: beautiful
Review: i always rave about this book to my friends, but i refuse to lend it out; if there was ever a book every single person ought to own, it's jonathan livingston seagull. at [the price] for the paperback edition, it doesn't set you back too far, and believe me when i tell you you will read it again and again and again. there is a certain empowerment, and more importantly, hope that comes from that tiny volume, and it is impossible to read it without take something wonderful from it. this book will change how you look at the world, and it will make it seem better.
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Summary: When I was younger
Review: I read this book when I was young (a LONG time ago) and it made a big impression on me. Then I was looking at the reviews of it and I decided to read it again. Do you ever get that feeling? Anyway, you can read in in less than 100 minutes (I timed it) and so I can now report that it is a good book but not as good as I remember. I found it kinda predictable, and it's not because I read it before. My conclusion: four stars is pretty good, but it will probably make a better impression on someone young than on someone older.
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