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The Greatest Secret (The Secret)

The Greatest Secret (The Secret)

byRhonda Byrne
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Amanda 📚
5.0 out of 5 starsRhonda Byrne always makes a beautiful book {inside & out 😉}
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
•• I always go for the hard copies of all of Rhonda Byrne’s books 📖
— They are always given a beautiful cover, pages & all around look (along with the artwork). I tend to always give them as gifts, as well, due to this. 💫

•• It has 256 pages total (although, the last 20 of them are about the Teachers featured)

••The writing format is more like “The Power” mixed with “The Secret”
— has a chapter title // a quote // her rundown of it // some quotes or more details from several Teachers // then closes with a Summary of the chapter

•• I love to read all of her books with my journal 📓 ~~ even though she makes her book styles very easy to read and gain information from (they are never compacted, which I appreciate for this type of book), I love to journal along because I find some words resonate with me that are not part of the bullet points 🤗

•• I’ve read a ton of LOA & Manifesting books ~ but I still took some new information from this one.
—She leaves “her teacher” unnamed (references only as “My Teacher”) at the request of such Teacher ~~ Part of me always wants to get a name so I can research myself ~ but then another part of me is wondering if it is “someone” deeper inside herself... 😉

((I am adding pictures of “The Greatest Secret” side by side to my copy of “The Secret” for size comparison))

♥️ 📖 💫 “A negative emotion only arises when you’re ready to be free of it.” — The Greatest Secret // Rhonda Byrne ♥️ 📖 💫
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FunnyFarm
1.0 out of 5 starsUnreadable, no size adjustment.
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
I cannot read this on Kindle. It has no size adjustment on the font. Disappointing
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FunnyFarm
1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable, no size adjustment.
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
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I cannot read this on Kindle. It has no size adjustment on the font. Disappointing
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FunnyFarm
1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable, no size adjustment.
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
I cannot read this on Kindle. It has no size adjustment on the font. Disappointing
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Holly
1.0 out of 5 stars Big problem.
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
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I was so looking forward to receiving this book. It arrived today and the font is so tiny that I can hardly read it. All my other content is normal size and I did not change my setting. Also, I have a first generation Kindle device and can't find any information on whether this can be changed. Very unhappy.
Called customer service and found that there is no information about when an improved version may come out. Since I am somewhere that doesn't allow me to receive mail or access a bookstore, I decided not to get a refund and lose the book from my Kindle altogether - I found that I can read it with a magnifying glass and that's better than waiting months. However, that doesn't change my 1-star rating because this problem should have been detected and fixed before sending out the content. I would expect a revised digital book as soon as they are available or the choice of a hard copy, at no additional cost.
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Kym Johsnon
1.0 out of 5 stars And it’s a flop!
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020
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I was so excited for another one of Rhonda’s books to come out.. I have about everything and anything that Rhonda has had something to do with..Can say I’m a little obsessed with Rhonda’s work..

This book was a big let down, It’s so boring and I could never completely get into the book.. .. Just a bunch of quotes from other boring people..,Her books have always been so inspiring to me but not this one.. I will still be fan of her earlier work but not this book... If there is another book.. Next time I will wait awhile and read the previews first.. I just lost hours of precious time reading this book that I won’t ever get back.. Lol

And what is up with the pages in the book, it goes from page 92 and then jumps to 129. Is there a lot of material missing or someone from publishing didn’t proof her book first?
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Kym Johsnon
1.0 out of 5 stars And it’s a flop!
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020
I was so excited for another one of Rhonda’s books to come out.. I have about everything and anything that Rhonda has had something to do with..Can say I’m a little obsessed with Rhonda’s work..

This book was a big let down, It’s so boring and I could never completely get into the book.. .. Just a bunch of quotes from other boring people..,Her books have always been so inspiring to me but not this one.. I will still be fan of her earlier work but not this book... If there is another book.. Next time I will wait awhile and read the previews first.. I just lost hours of precious time reading this book that I won’t ever get back.. Lol

And what is up with the pages in the book, it goes from page 92 and then jumps to 129. Is there a lot of material missing or someone from publishing didn’t proof her book first?
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Bonnie Best
1.0 out of 5 stars It was delivered today and had trouble reading it!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
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It was delivered into my library today. When I tried to read it with my Kindle Cloud Reader I couldn't enlarge the font. I couldn't read the small, fuzzy content. Now I can't even get it to come up in my reader.

I tried to download it onto my Smart Phone Kindle reader and twice had error message that it can't be downloaded!

I have requested a refund and may in the future buy the book. I'll probably wait to read reviews before I buy the book.
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Mark T. Brody
1.0 out of 5 stars Don’t like the energy of this book
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2021
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I’m a huge fan of The Secret, and of Rhonda Byrne. I loved The Power and The Magic as well. I felt like all of those books had extreme beauty in them. I even feel like the books themselves vibrated on a higher frequency.

The Greatest Secret, while it’s a nice concept, I felt like the book was highly repetitive, and actually felt depressing reading it. I know it’s about feeling extreme joy and being “free”, but the book to me didn’t feel that way. It felt off energetically. I didn’t like the vibe I got from it.

The quotes were way too much as well. I felt like I was reading a quote book, instead of an actual book Rhonda wrote. Just a wild guess, I’d say at least 1/3 of the book was quotes. Maybe even more.

Being aware is fantastic, and the concept is on point. Eckhart Tolle has been writing about it for over 20 years, so it’s not a great secret. Rhonda, of course, packaged it differently, but present moment awareness has been huge in the alternative health community for a very long time.

In closing, I still love Rhonda Byrne. Always will. I’ll be forever grateful and indebted to her for how much The Secret changed my life. Especially The Secret book. It’s such a magical, amazing book. One of the greatest of all time. But in my humble opinion (and I’m not saying I’m right - it’s just my opinion!) this book isn’t very good.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Don’t read it. Please save yourselves time and money
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2020
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I’ve read all the books written by Rhonda, and loved all of them. But, this is not my cup of tea. It lacks substance and I felt like stopping to read as early as possible. But, since I bought the book, I wanted to read till the end with the hope that there’d be something interesting. It’s an utter disappointment. And I don’t know how the book is named ‘The greatest Secret’. Very misleading and hugely disappointing.
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Cat Mom
1.0 out of 5 stars Just a book of quotes other people’s quotes :( disappointment
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020
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All Rhonda Byrne did was fill a book with quotes from other people in a desperate attempt to make more money and call herself an author. The sad part is, the format of the quotes sucks compared to the secret. All this book is in The Secret, which was an awesome book..
Rhonda Byrne is basically copying Echart Tolle and the new secret is asking yourself if you are aware....well duh...that was brought up in the first book to be aware of emotions.
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Vincent Swanson
1.0 out of 5 stars A complete disappointment
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2020
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I could not believe what I was reading. It was nothing a new or nothing that anyone needed to hear. A total waste of my time. It does not bring up anything that the base normal person does not already know. It was totally designed to just make money for the author. A total let down. I was a big fan of The Secret because it made others aware of what has been known for a long time. This book does nothing to make people more aware of their awareness. We do this all the time anyway. This book does not provide info on what is obvious to most of us already. I stop reading half way through second chapter knowing this is basically a scam by the author and her team to get more money. I want mine back - I am returning the book. It will be a long time before I attempt to read anything else from this author.
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Susanne Newman
1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
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This is unreadable. Is Amazon going to fix this or should I get a refund? How in the world do you get a refund? Trying to figure that out is extremely frustrating!
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Sherry S
1.0 out of 5 stars Full of other people’s quotes and author paraphrasing the quotes
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2020
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I loved The Secret. This book is all quotes from other authors with Rhonda explaining what she thinks they meant. Its horrible to try to read, understand and a complete waste of time. It’s disjointed and what I got out of the part I read is “awareness” is your soul, spirit or whatever term you choose to use for the part of us that never dies.
I’m returning it. A waste of money.
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