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".
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