Review: A Book of Miracles: Inspiring True Stories of Healing, Gratitude, and Love

A Book of Miracles: Inspiring True Stories of Healing, Gratitude, and Love by Bernie S. Siegel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read "A Book of Miracles; Inspiring True Stories of Healing, Gratitude, and Love" by Dr. Bernie S. Siegel and even though the title seems lofty, I found this book to have too much self-promotion and testimonials about the author himself. There were some stories that I really liked, but the rest of the stories seems overly optimistic. I understood that the power of prayer and positive thinking can change your world, heal your body, and make life better. However, there are such things as too much sappiness and mushiness. Unfortunately, this book seems to be one of them. Guideposts and Reader's Digest have similar stories about miracles and I've always enjoyed reading about them. They do not try to make a metaphysical point. They are emotion-filled, raw, pity-invoking kinds of stories. You take away what you will from these stories. Dr. Siegel's book did not invoke these kinds of feelings in me. Instead, I felt cynical because of the constant references to how wonderful the author and his teachings were. Really? The book would be much better without these. On the other hand, my feelings could have been because the author was preaching to the choir. I only learned a little bit of metaphysical information from this book. I would give this book three stars with a cautious recommendation to read it with a grain of salt.

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