The Point Is
Making Sense of Birth, Death, and Everything in Between

This book is a combination exploratory meditation and humorous romp through the subject of the meaning of life. Frequent references are made to insights from literature, philosophy, science and history to supplement the author’s own personal stories leading to a search for meaning in all stages of l......more

I received a copy of The Point Is from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I'm getting a little suspicious now. This book is yet another hit that I've read recently. There have been so many hits. Not that I'm complaining, but you know that is usually doesn't happen this way. Especially when......more

Added 12/30/16. (Published February 2nd 2016) I read most of this book but not all of it. It tends to ramble. I felt that it needed more structure. Having said that, I must say that it kept drawing me in with interesting observations about the meaning of life, with many references to what different a......more

**Spoiler alert** The Point Is Inspired And by inspired I mean that the book’s final impact transcends in an unanticipated and riveting way its myriad of profound parts. Yes, yes, yes to the definables—its concept is creatively conceived, its prose clearly and compellingly rendered, and its distillatio......more

I would call this book a s a mental one since it made me think a lot about the life's purpose, life as a any other story (beware of the metaphor here) and life as something that will come to an end.The author gives examples from philosophy, science, and belief systems about how they handled such que......more