Interesting book, though probably more focused on a more academic audience.

I confess I had trouble getting into the book - the writing can be a little confusing at times, with many concepts thrown out without proper introduction so the reader properly understand it.

I do think I learned from it, and the author is clearly knowledgeable about the subject; but the way the book was structured did not work for me. It is not a book for the general reader I would recommend it to people more used to reading thesis or research papers.

Happiness
By Julian C. Haines

What exactly is happiness? How can we find happiness? What is it’s purpose in our lives? And how can we make it last? These are some questions that are addressed by Julian C. Haines in Happiness.

In life, we have a tendency to only notice the negative.We kind of gloss over the positive and focus on what’s wrong, what needs to be fixed. But there are truly many reasons for happiness that we aren’t looking at.

This book was a lot, there is a lot of information and it read very academic to me. It just didn’t hold my interest. But I could tell it was well planned and researched

Thanks to NetGalley, Julian C Haines, and Matador for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I generally have a strong commitment to the books I start reading and almost never abandon a book unfinished. However, once in a very great while, I find a book that I simply can't muddle through. Happiness is one of those. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the writing style and disconnected thought processes. An example: "The question as to the purpose of life is a very old one that has probably been around for as long as there have been human beings with time enough to think."

"Happiness" is a book written to attempt to understand happiness philosophically -- what is it? in what ways are we responsible for it? And, what can we do to get more of it? The end answer may or may not surprise you. Highly recommended. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.