Cerebral, academic, inaccessible. I could not get more than a few pages in before giving up. The author promises a book devoid of Buddhist jargon; the reader doesn't get one. If you're just an average person with an interest in Buddhism but with no Buddhist training, I suspect this book won't be for you anymore than it was for me. Thumbs down.

Net Galley did not give readers a feedback ratio when I first requested this book. However, now publishers are looking at that in determining whether or not to provide a digital ARC, so I am having to go back and fill these out for titles requested more than two years ago.