In this book, the author raises questions about reason , our past and future responsibility, how and what we worship, how we relate with self and others, suffering, death.. Each chapter is centred around the life and work of one great thinker. It doesn’t offer any definite answers to the raised questions but gives insights into the traditional thoughts that may have been hastily thrown away by modern society.

In My opinion, Science has its own limitations. It doesn’t answer all the questions that the human mind has, specially the one which doesn't involve facts. The modern individualistic society has become a prison of its own choices , the choices which were supposed to liberate it but couldn’t. The worldview of the west has become limited to freedom in individual choices but devoid of spirituality. This will endup building a society which will get spoiled by too much of individual freedom and eventually become hollow and which eventually wouldn’t know what is wrong and what is right i.e may become a confused society.

This book suggests that the societies, primarily the western, should stop believing that whatever is the newest is the best, rather should make sense of it’s traditions and evolve with inclusiveness. Don’t give up something just because it has come from some tradition.

This book is an effort to keep that thread of traditions and culture unbroken and keep it relevant to our life. it also suggests to keep adapting to the new changes that modern life offers while staying in touch with the traditions.

A good book to reflect upon ( the question it raises ) !!!

Note: This book surprisingly has not mentioned anything from the Hindu philosophy , especially the Upanishads, which has profound info about some of the questions that the author is raising in this book. may be it was out of scope for this book.

Ive published my review of the unbroken Thread on youtube on 5/13/2021. You can see the full review at the following link: https://youtu.be/ZkiRXfL2alk

Lots of good thoughts and interesting information. I particularly liked the long section on C. S. Lewis. However, the book seemed to ramble a lot.

This book was received as an ARC from Convergent Books in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I really wanted to like this book. This was a book on a controversial concept and having an open mind, I decided to give this book a chance. I was expecting this book being more on a personal point of view in Ahmari showing his son that he can accomplish anything no matter what is happening around him but, this book mostly took a political direction which if I am being honest, made it hard for me to continue reading. I did finish the book and I applaud Sohrab Ahmari for the passion and determination for the motive to write for his son. I know we have a following in our community that is high in the Muslim community that will appreciate this book and learn a lot from it.

We will consider adding this title to our Health and Wellness collection at our library. That is why we give this book 4 stars.

I didn't get too far into this book before realising that it wasn't for me. The author writes very well, and their writing is quite academically-minded. However, as far as I can tell this book wasn't shelved as Christian and in the opening pages it is quite focused on that. Also, the author indicates that their main reason for undertaking the writing and research for this book was due to their fear of bringing up their son in a place where tradition isn't overly important - I do understand where the author is coming from, though I don't have the same experiences. However, when the author set out their main fears for their son, it mostly read like the author was afraid of their son being LGBTQ+, or polyamorous, or choosing not to marry or have children. Their main fear seemed to be that their son would be money-focused, which I can have sympathy for, however the other items just made me feel frustrated and like the author was using the book as a means for controlling their son's sexuality and relationship choices: thus, this book wasn't for me.

It absolutely may speak to others, though, so I recommend checking it out if the synopsis sounds at all interesting to you.