The last time I reviewed a book by Jordan Peterson, a cleverly edited excerpt of my negative opinion (I described it as “bonkers”) appeared on the cover of the paperback edition, giving readers the misleading impression that I had endorsed it. So this time I shall have to be clear. The new book is unreadable. Repetitive, rambling, hectoring, and mad, We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine (Portfolio, 2024) repels the reader’s attention at the level of the page, the paragraph, and the sentence. Sometimes even at the level of the word.
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