Author: Karuna Das

Publisher:  DX Varos Publishing 

ISBN: 978-1955065764

“Well, one way would be to change your truth. That's easier said than done, of course.” He sighed. “Listen. And I mean this as kindly as possible. You've done a lot of running. If all my years of living have given me any perspective, it's that running doesn't help when you're trying to escape yourself.”

Sex, Drugs, and Spiritual Enlightenment (but mostly the first two),' by Karuna Das was a very surprising novel for me.

I didn't expect to like this novel as much as I did. To be honest, I'm not much of one for spiritual enlightenment in general, but this book changed a lot of my preconceived notions about books of this nature. I did enjoy the plot of this book and I think many others would enjoy it, too.

The story revolves around a man named Drew Lovell, who is seeking spiritual enlightenment, although he does not actually know it yet. 

Drew strides through adolescence trying to find himself and figure out what he wants to be with limited parental support and some less than perfect friends.  Eventually, he arrives at adulthood as unprepared as we all are, but with the added baggage of suppressing things about himself.

This book shows Drew’s journey, not just into enlightenment of his spirituality, but into self acceptance and self love, which are two things we could all stand to exhibit more of!

Karuna Das has a lot of interesting things to say in this book, and I appreciated reading them. Like I said above, I enjoyed this more than I expected to, and a lot of that was to do with Das' writing.  I think he has a really cool style of storytelling that I have rarely, if ever, seen before in another writer.

I would love to read another book from him at some point in the future, as I expect he has a lot more to say.

About Karuna Das

Karuna Das is the pen and spirit name of Kyle Bostian. Born in Wisconsin, he grew up in Massachusetts and now resides in Pennsylvania, but he lives wherever he happens to be at that moment and feels at home everywhere in the universe.

He holds a BA in English and an MFA in Playwriting. In addition to his dramatic writing, he’s published the sci-fi novel Kat’s Cradle as well as short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.

 He and life partner Ti share their house with five wonderfully wacky cats.

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