Thank you NetGalley for the Audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was okay, I think its a decent start for beginners, but I found with the Audiobook it was difficult to get into and keep my attention.

I didn’t realize at first that this is actually not a book as much as it is a recorded self-help lecture series. Certain things about it were good - I thought it was good that the authors had partnered together, as having two very different perspectives lends credence and authenticity to the work. I thought their ideas about letting go of all of our identities and seeing what was left was interesting but could use some more fleshing out. I both liked and didn’t like how self-directed it was. On the other hand, I did feel like they presented some pseudoscience as fact and that a lot of the people who might listen to this might not have the insight to know that these things (like about the sides of the brain, which do have different areas of specialization but do not work in isolation) are not facts. Generally I think I needed more information about all of their theories - the different selves/the defender self, the different centers of intelligence… I just need more information to come from the authors rather than it all coming from my own reflection.

I am on the fence on this one. Parts were good and I did pull some things from it but to be completely honest Kimberly did not appeal to me. I have a hard time understanding why she was added to the book, I understand why she added but I didn't feel they meshed together. I also had a harder time staying focused when she was talking. Her points didn't stick.

I found the audio book very difficult to "get into." There is to large a difference in style and tone of the two narrators. Also, did not find it professional enough for the topic.

This Audiobook is so interesting and feels more like a long form podcast than a standard audiobook. I really like the way this audiobook has come together as the subject is quite a touchy subject that does make one feel a little uncomfortable. This was a really insightful audiobook that felt more like friends discussing this topic with you.

This book has definitely given me a lot to think about regarding other around me and the 3 different selves that this book describes. This book will stay with me for a long time to come!

I feel the Reckoning is a good primer for those starting a self help journey. They share very informative basic techniques for understanding why we react so differently to situations. The age difference between the authors is relevant in the way we look at what we call problems in our lives.

I'd recommend this book to people who want to begin inner work and healing or want an easy psychology book that's not filled with convoluted terms.

The audiobook is a conversation between Tony Schwartz and Kimberly Manns. Unfortunately it wasn't well edited. I feel it was an executive decision to make it sound like a podcast, but it didn't even read like a good quality podcast.

I really enjoyed the information and research that was shared in this book. In addition, it was refreshing to have a audiobook “read” more like a podcast and have the narrators have a conversation with each other.

I would like to note that about 2ish hours into the book there was so recording/ audio issues where it was very muffled. The book also ended pretty abruptly and I didn’t feel like there was any closing.

Overall, it was a nice listen, but I didn’t think any of the context was new or exciting or pushed me to think differently.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. I preferred the chapters where both narrators were talking together because it felt more like a conversation rather than someone reading off a note card. The chapters where one narrator would speak about a topic and ask a question, and the next chapter would pick up with the second narrator answering the question, felt disconnected.

Tony Schwartz was a fantastic narrator and it really sounded like he was having a conversation with the listener. At times, Kimberly Manns was giving the same feeling, but at other times, it felt more like she was reading off a notecard in front of her and it became a bit robotic.

The content of the audiobook was informational and I feel like I learned a lot about the different versions of myself.

I really enjoyed that this feels more like a conversation or podcast than an audio book. Tony and Kim share reflections and lessons as the listener follows along and hopefully does the self guided work along with the narrators. Overall, it is a quick listen and that seems odd for the heavy topics covered. The lessons encourage the listener to reflect on personal and work situations to see where stressors and positives may lie.

While this is marketed as more of a introspection it seems to focus more on the narrators stories of childhood trauma, while it doesn't go into much detail it still lingers here instead of how you can do this work as well. The undertones are also strongly about race, which there is nothing wrong with, but there was no mention of it in the synopsis. There is importance in sharing stories to show how you got to a lesson, however this could have been longer with more focus on the listener to balance better. Show yours and then tell me how to process mine.