You were right - this was a very quick read. Took me 2 evenings.
I wouldn't have picked this book up, hadn't heard of it (although had heard of, but never read,Jonathon livingston Seagull) but I enjoyed it. The 'story' was quite easy reading and entertaining and the 'deeper stuff' was quite accessible so you didn't have to think too hard to work out what it was trying to say so you could actually think about what he was saying (not sure that makes sense). Definitely an interesting philosophy and one we should probably all aspire too - to believe we can do what we want and that we can shape our future.
A good choice Jas - something v. different for me which is the point of bookswap.
On a completely shallow point - I liked the fact the book wasn't standard book size !! I don't know if this is standard for this book or just the copy I got but I quite liked that