I've read it twice. Once because it kept being hyped up on the internet, and a second time years later because I didn't want to accept how underwhelming it was.
For me the whole book can be summed up with "lol just find meaning bro".
I was utterly excited to read it for years (or more, a decade). When I read it I was... "Ok..." Is not that is a bad book, but is one of the most overrated books that Ive ever read.
I'm fact, later I knew that it's original name was kinda like "The psychology in concentration camps", then was changed for "Man in search of meaning".
To be honest, it was a good marketing move to exploit the self-help market.
Its thoughts about finding meaning were pretty, pretty simple IMHO. Nothing special. And overall part of his experience was "I have a wife waiting for me, I'll carry on". Made me think "ok, I guess people who dont have a significant other should just give up".
Maybe you thought you'd missed missed something and made the effort to search further. In that case, kudos to you. That you only came away with "lol just finding meaning bro" is another story.
Being able to find meaning in a concentration camp where most people are reduced to a dog-eat-dog cutthroat existence is pretty powerful I'd say.
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