Pretty straightforward book ranging for informative to self important.

There was some good info in here about how humans respond to good stories. Ones i enjoyed in particular were surround the reason why the most compelling characters are flawed and why that intrigues us to them. I also enjoyed a deep dive into what makes plot and how our brain projects our own inter selves onto stories and characters

My major criticism for the book comes from the way it approaches ever situation with a strictly scientific view ignoring anything that makes us human like the spiritual. It takes this secular atheistic bland view of humanity which caused me to roll my eyes in many situations. I’m not saying that a book needs to examine this to be compelling but the way it comes across is so self aggrandizing and it rings a bit hollow with the philosophy for large portions of the book.