The Western Guide to Feng Shui--Room by Room by Terah Kathryn Collins
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Book Reviews of The Western Guide to Feng Shui--Room by Room
Book Review: Not a good first book for Feng Shui
Summary: 2 Stars
While this book is good in providing real-life examples, I found her examples were too situation-specific. She shows real situations that don't apply to my own, hence, most of the book was unhelpful. This is not a particularly good book if you want to know what to do specifically - unless the examples in the book match your own. Her suggestions of what you can do to improve a room are either too broad or too specific to the particular case she uses. I've seen more helpful hints on the Internet than in this book, and do not recommend it unless you have other Feng Shui books. Not completely useless, you can use this as a supplement.Book Review: Not a good first book for Feng Shui
Summary: 2 Stars
While this book is good in providing real-life examples, I found her examples were too situation-specific. She shows real situations that don't apply to my own, hence, most of the book was unhelpful. This is not a particularly good book if you want to know what to do specifically - unless the examples in the book match your own. Her suggestions of what you can do to improve a room are either too broad or too specific to the particular case she uses. I've seen more helpful hints on the Internet than in this book, and do not recommend it unless you have other Feng Shui books. Not completely useless, you can use this as a supplement.Book Review: Beware of the difference
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a fine book IF you knowingly purchase it as a guide to WESTERN feng shui. Western is a modern adaptation of the classic feng shui (which is thousands of years old). Instead of using a compass very carefully to determine where things are to be placed, one is told to simply use the door to a room as the starting point. That means that everything ends up in a different place from where the compass tells you. I was simply not comfortable with the suggestions which are all meant to accomodate a western lifestyle. I prefer the scientific approach.Book Review: Not a serious book. It's in the pile to donate.
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is OK as an introduction.
Anyone who is interested in doing real work on their space will need much more information.
Book Review: Too basic and repetitive.
Summary: 1 Stars
I was very disappointed with the content of Ms. Collins book, which is an extremely quick read. After buying this book on impulse, I felt swindled by this amateur feng shui consultant.The book focuses on the practical elements of Feng Shui: don't place your bed or desk so you can't see the door, don't buy furniture with dangerously sharp corners, clear away clutter by throwing away what you don't need or love. These common-sense ideas are repeated ad nauseum for each room of the house. A good writer would have cut half of the text.
If you like books such as "Who Moved My Cheese?," which I hated because it was overly simplistic and made a two-page paper into a book, you will not like this book.
If you want a very quick read, simple ideas, and some horrifyingly bad pictures, be my guest.
Maybe I'm a hypocrite; I did follow one bit of her advice. After reading the book, I threw it in the trash.