" The concept of acedia really drew me into this book, as I readily identified with it--spiritual slothfulness, or as I put it, "knowing what would make you feel better, yet not doing it". Or as St. Thomas Aquinas expressed it, "not following the demands of love". The author, Norris, says acedia is not the same as depression, although they are first cousins. Anyways, I felt like the book was not well organized and somewhat repetitive. Then it seemed like acedia became the underlying cause for everything: greed, materialism, overly busy lives, etc, and I felt the intial meaning got a tad lost. BUT, despite all that, I would still recommend this book because I think a lot of people get little attacks of acedia throughout their lives and this book names it and gives some ideas for how to combat it. "
— Tracie, 1/29/2014