There is no doubt the man is brilliant with very keen insights. It does drag on quite a bit, but there is a substance and a curiosity about what he's saying that makes you want to listen.
I give this book 4 stars and do so having extremely high standards. As in my standards are literary fiction, MSA sort of standards. not only is it short and Powerful it's quite smart. it is just. wow. The last line is my favorite of any book I can remember and I think it might also be the all around best last line of any book I can remember. I'm going to look up whether the author is a Heideggerean. I definitely recommend it.
in case you're wondering why not four stars, like almost all on the mass market this book underestimates the willingness of readers to sit through more exacting sentences in exchange for good Style. Of course for that you have to have style in your voice. like I said I have high standards. to be clear I just mean that the prose was fairly unadorned as compared to what I feel the author was probably capable of.