I read this book as part of a book club for coaches but in all honesty I can say this is a book that everyone should take the time to read. Interruption has overtaken our world and it is something that we are all guilty of from time to time. Reading this book allowed me to take a step back and look at the way I interact with the people I encounter in my life and think about the person I want to become instead. A lot of what Nancy writes may seem obvious but the fact that we live in a society full of conflict shows just how much this book is needed. The chapters, on the whole, are short and and easily digestible making it a great book to pick up and read even if you only have five or ten minutes to spare at a time.

Thank you to Penguin General UK and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book. The Promise That Changes Everything is a book about interruption and how it affects everything from our relationships to our learning. I found a particularly insightful part of the book to be the discussions about the polarisation of people on different issues and how interruption (whether through actual or by just not listening to what they are saying) to be really interesting. However, on the whole I found the book to be way too convoluted. It felt throughout that the author was just trying to fit in as many words as possible, which distracted completely from the main premise of the book. It felt like a book that could have been half the size if it had been more refined. The book felt like a slog and it felt like a great deal of mental effort to sit down and read it. I think the main premise of the book exploring interruption and how it affects your life to be really worthwhile and valuable as a self reflection tool. Unfortunately I just don't think it was well executed.