I feel like the rhetoric gets in the way of the content. Carse uses antimetabole and chiasmus heavily. I can't emphasize this enough. Most writers will use the

I feel like the rhetoric gets in the way of the content. Carse uses antimetabole and chiasmus heavily. I can't emphasize this enough. Most writers will use these rhetorical devices as salt and pepper, but Carse seemingly builds the foundation of the book on them. I tired of them quickly and they ultimately undermined the message he was trying to convey. Parent, when you mentioned the possibility of it being nonsense, I would guess it's due to antimetabole. It has a sneaky way of feeling profound yet empty at the same time.