Which Story did you like the least and Why?

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I really can't make up my mind on this one as I loved each story for its uniqueness.
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I also loved the cupcake story. I find it very interesting, and I'll read it again !
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Weirdly enough there's no story that I found least intresting. However, there were some that stood out from the rest. Like the story of the maasai woman, the story of the deer, the story of his aunty to mention a few.
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I actually enjoyed them all. They all had their own merits and were interesting in their own way, so it's hard to pick. I feel like each story was important to make up the whole.
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The author’s experience with the Maasai mother made me very upset. In his childhood, he defied the orders of a police officer to save a deer. It was hard for me to believe that he could not defy the orders of his tour guide to save the mother’s child who was on the verge of death. In the previous chapters, he had moments where he encouraged people to follow their inner voice yet he did not follow his inner voice in this particular case. The author had a great opportunity to learn and give his collection of lessons to the mother and her community but he did not realize it.
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As a general rule, I least liked those stories which showed Rob as a self-obsessed person. Flying in a biplane, driving racing cars, running with bulls, wearing a wig in front of an audience and hiding when it came off, bragging about success in front of a bunch of kids were some of the examples which show him as an extremely egomaniac person. The stories with the con man and the earthquake which caused him enormous amount of money seemed plain show-off. I rather liked the simpler stories of his childhood or college-life. Having said this, I must admit that the author was at least honest to describe his faults and to show himself at his worst to the readers.
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I didn't like the story about the Massai mother, her chanting to the sun, and the death of her child. It seems that it did not fit in with the rest of his stories, as if he just wanted to add in a travel to Africa story. The story was so heavy and sad compared to the others. That being said, I really liked the book and the other stories. I laughed and cried.
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I find no story which is least fascinating because I really loved all the stories in the book. Each and every bit was so amazing.
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I didn't agree with the story about honesty in Chapter 20. He gave someone a second chance, and he was given a second chance also. He didn't get a speeding ticket because he told the truth to the cop. Just because people are honest does not mean that they will not have consequences for their irresponsible behavior.
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LV2R wrote: 01 Jul 2018, 20:38 I didn't like the story about the Massai mother, her chanting to the sun, and the death of her child. It seems that it did not fit in with the rest of his stories, as if he just wanted to add in a travel to Africa story. The story was so heavy and sad compared to the others. That being said, I really liked the book and the other stories. I laughed and cried.
I also didn't like this story. The narrative described a sad situation. What action did he take to assist? His inaction made me dislike this story. If he didn't do anything to help, he should have not mentioned.
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Philip Chepsingil wrote: 18 Dec 2018, 05:56
LV2R wrote: 01 Jul 2018, 20:38 I didn't like the story about the Massai mother, her chanting to the sun, and the death of her child. It seems that it did not fit in with the rest of his stories, as if he just wanted to add in a travel to Africa story. The story was so heavy and sad compared to the others. That being said, I really liked the book and the other stories. I laughed and cried.
I also didn't like this story. The narrative described a sad situation. What action did he take to assist? His inaction made me dislike this story. If he didn't do anything to help, he should have not mentioned.
I was beyond shocked by the Maasai mother story. It was an inappropriate story to include due to its intensity in comparison to the light touch of the other stories. I do understand not interfering in a cultural ritual that reflects long-held spiritual beliefs. That is not for an outsider to interfere with. What I don't understand is why in the world was a random white guy allowed to be there for such a private, spiritual, painful, transcendent moment for this mother. It felt horribly wrong to me. I couldn't stand the book and this sealed the deal for me. I thought it was a disgusting display of ignorance and privilege.
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EvaDar wrote: 23 Apr 2019, 15:25
Philip Chepsingil wrote: 18 Dec 2018, 05:56
LV2R wrote: 01 Jul 2018, 20:38 I didn't like the story about the Massai mother, her chanting to the sun, and the death of her child. It seems that it did not fit in with the rest of his stories, as if he just wanted to add in a travel to Africa story. The story was so heavy and sad compared to the others. That being said, I really liked the book and the other stories. I laughed and cried.
I also didn't like this story. The narrative described a sad situation. What action did he take to assist? His inaction made me dislike this story. If he didn't do anything to help, he should have not mentioned.
I was beyond shocked by the Maasai mother story. It was an inappropriate story to include due to its intensity in comparison to the light touch of the other stories. I do understand not interfering in a cultural ritual that reflects long-held spiritual beliefs. That is not for an outsider to interfere with. What I don't understand is why in the world was a random white guy allowed to be there for such a private, spiritual, painful, transcendent moment for this mother. It felt horribly wrong to me. I couldn't stand the book and this sealed the deal for me. I thought it was a disgusting display of ignorance and privilege.
If at all it happened as described! I doubt. In most of African religious rituals, presence of non-participants is rarely entertained.
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I agree with many of the others--I did not particularly like the cupcake story or the running with the bulls story. I had not heard of any other stories similar to the cupcake story, so I am now a bit disappointed in that.
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Shrabastee wrote: 23 Jun 2018, 04:59 As a general rule, I least liked those stories which showed Rob as a self-obsessed person. Flying in a biplane, driving racing cars, running with bulls, wearing a wig in front of an audience and hiding when it came off, bragging about success in front of a bunch of kids were some of the examples which show him as an extremely egomaniac person. The stories with the con man and the earthquake which caused him enormous amount of money seemed plain show-off. I rather liked the simpler stories of his childhood or college-life. Having said this, I must admit that the author was at least honest to describe his faults and to show himself at his worst to the readers.
I completely agree with this! I felt that the bull story read like a party anecdote rather than a life lesson.
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For me all the stories are just so fascinating so i don't have a least favorite story.
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