I would prefer to overlook the negative written reviews on my books on Amazon, but I do want to address them so I shouldn’t have to deny myself that opportunity. As much as I would like for them to not affect me, they do in some ways. I look at them as a litmus test in some ways. A handful of the very poor written reviews all discuss myself as “crazy” and the reviewers do their best attempts to make me sound as deranged and out of touch with reality as they possibly can. They prey on the fact I have a mental disorder and highlight that, as if it makes me delusional and out of my right mind. What these reviews have in common, is many of them mention how they did not read far at all into the book. It appears many of them didn’t read past chapter two in the first book. While their reviews are riddled with misspellings, they paint me as a nutjob the best they can. A few reviewers talk about how I “sound superior” and a “know-it-all” and yet they themselves mention that they’re older and talk about how they have it all figured out and I know nothing myself as the author. I do not think I’m better than everyone else, I am not “high on my own supply” like they suggest. I put my heart and mind fully into each book, and I never brag in real life or on social media. I do not consider myself superior to anyone else, I am not egotistical. To reference a couple reviews:

One reviewer writes “but I pretty much knew this was written by a twenty-something by the second page.” Well, I do mention on the first page I was “twenty-something” years old. I was 24-26 years old when I wrote the first book. I point out my age so it’s not a surprise he knew an approximation of my age. Didn’t require any of his intuition if I mention that literally in the first two paragraphs of the book. He continues to write “Some crackpot says the world will end in 2012 and the author ends up with a mental breakdown?” … He likely wrote this because of how I wrote the book’s blurb years ago when he wrote this review. To clarify, I did not have a mental breakdown because “some crackpot said the world was going to end” … I developed a mental disorder at 19 years old because I was genetically predisposed to it, nobody said anything to me about the “world ending” and I consequently had a mental breakdown. He made that arrogant and condescending assumption to character assassinate me. He writes “But what gives me pause is the very idea of a diagnosed schizophrenic lecturing us about rational thinking. Practical-rational? What other kind of rational thought is there?” I discuss two types of rationality theorized by Max Weber in the second chapter of the first book, so to answer his question here, the other type of rational thought is “theoretical rationality” like I discussed in the second chapter. Also, so what if I am diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder? I’m also a rational, reasonable person with two college degrees and I have a career. He did a great job making me sound unreliable but that is just him feeding into stigma about a mental disorder.

Another reviewer wrote on the first book “The author displays a lot of arrogance, denying the possibility of there being a God and even afterlife, while adamantly confident that the same exists within one’s own self. Reading this book reminded me of talking with a drug addicts who are convinced they have some higher enlightenment.” I fixed his spelling errors in this copy/paste. First of all, I never deny the possibility of God or an afterlife in neither the first or second book. It makes zero sense why he would say this, my two books are my attempt to rationalize the existence of God and the afterlife. I believe in God and the afterlife, I never deny either. He also describes my books like talking to a drug addict who is convinced they have higher enlightenment. Another person doing character assassination with their review. All of my writing in both of my books make complete sense, whether or not someone agrees or disagrees is up to them. But to say nothing I write makes any sense is really dim, perhaps the reader isn’t trying to understand is a more appropriate reason why they don’t understand what is written. Also this reviewer posted this review 2 hours after borrowing a review copy on Pubby (a review site, does not violate Amazon ToS). Did he actually read the whole book within that time? Unlikely.

One last review I want to mention was posted recently on my second book. They write “Couldn’t make sense of it. Its like random sentences all thrown in together. Had a headache a few pages in.” It really is pretty offensive. Everything I write makes sense. I can only figure this person wasn’t trying to process or comprehend what I wrote in the second book. None of it is “random sentences” thrown in together. Everything I write about and discuss has a purpose as to why I wrote it. In contrast to this person’s review, another review on the same book on Goodreads says “The language is easy and classy, you would not face any problem understanding anything it.”

I really appreciate everyone who has read my writing, and had been sincere enough to enjoy and reflect on what I have written. I know there are a lot of people who have cared about and enjoyed my writing. I can only ask and request that anyone who has enjoyed my writing, please consider leaving a rating and/or written review. I have been pretty discouraged by the negative reviews. I have started the third book, but I don’t want to finish writing it as of now, because I don’t feel motivated to write it. If I see that people are enjoying my writing, it will push me to finish the third book.

Thanks everyone ❤