The Digital Renaissance: Review: The Upanishads

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Review: The Upanishads

The Upanishads by Joseph B. Lumpkin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Performance: ***
Story: ***

A Good (and quick @ 2.5 hrs) Way to Explore another Faith

I have read the Upanishads and like all such “scripture” or wisdom lit, it can be difficult to stay focused to the end. It is so much better to have somebody read it to you. This audible does exactly that. I can’t speak to the accuracy of the translation, but it seemed to all make sense and I found it more interesting where I could allow the mind to wander a bit around some of the concepts. I also found the commentary helpful (although the attempt to reference other faith traditions was more a mixed bag). Overall it was good, but pretty much as expected for a religious/academic text.

I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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My Ratings Explained ...

[ ***** ] Amazing Read - Perfect story, exciting, engrossing, well developed complex characters, solid plot with few to no holes, descriptive environments and place settings, great mystery elements, realistic dialogue, believable reactions and behaviors; a favorite that I can re-read many times.
[ **** ] Great Read - Highly entertaining and enjoyable, exciting storyline, well developed characters and settings, a few discrepancies but nothing that can’t be overlooked. Some aspect of the story was new/refreshing to me and/or intriguing. Recommended for everyone.
[ *** ] Good Read - Solid story with a 'good' ending, or has some other redeeming feature. Limited character development and/or over reliance on tropes. Noticeable discrepancies in world building and/or dialog/behavior that were distracting. I connected enough with the characters/world to read the entire series. Most of the books I read for fun are here. Recommended for fans of the genre.
[ ** ] Okay Read - Suitable for a brief, afternoon escape … flat or shallow characters with little to no development. Over the top character dialog and/or behavior. Poor world building with significant issues and/or mistakes indicating poor research. Excessive use of trivial detail, info dumps and/or pontification. Any issues with the story/characters are offset by some other aspect that I enjoyed. Not very memorable. May only appeal to a niche group of readers. Recommended for some (YMMV).
[ * ] Bad Read - Awkward and/or confusing writing style. Poor world building and/or unbelievable (or unlikeable) characters. Victimization, gaslighting, blatant abuse, unnecessary violence, child endangerment, or any other highly objectionable behaviors by Main characters. I didn't connect with the story at all; significant aspects of this story irritated me enough that I struggled to finished it. Series was abandoned. Not recommended.