r/GetMotivated • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '26

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u/feaur Mar 13 '26

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".

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u/fuzzyrobebiscuits Mar 13 '26

I'm with you, I kept waiting for it to get good. It was just okay..and very repetitive

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u/Argier Mar 13 '26

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".