This book was interesting overall, and covered a lot of very different and contradictory life philosophies. I liked that it was prescriptive, not descriptive - it didn't even name most of the philosophies mentioned, but was written as commands for what to do if you want to live that way. But on the other hand, this book is incredibly short and still managed to feel a bit repetitive. The conclusion was also not really weird so much as exactly what I expected in a slightly different format than anticipated. It's definitely not bad (though I don't know if I'd go so far as to call it "good," either), but if all else fails, it's short.