Butterfly Effect

Do our actions really matter? Do our individual choices that we make on a daily basis have any real significance or is all of life simply the result of chance? These are the questions Andy Andrews seeks to answer in his book "The Butterfly Effect." To answer these questions, Andrews traces through two historical events, Gettysburg and Norman Borlaugh winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Through these two events, Andrews demonstrates the Law of Sensitive Dynamics Upon Initial Conditions, i.e. the Butterfly Effect, and shows how our individual choices impact the greater good. Even though these two events highlight the Butterfly effect, Andrews gives us little detail or explanation beyond the stories themselves. I was initially excited to read this book, and decided to read it based on Andrews other work. My excitement was short lived. When I received my free copy from Thomas Nelson to review, I quickly noticed that the book relied on more style than substance. It would seem to me that anyone trying to demonstrate how our lives and choices matter, would spend more time developing the stories and explanations. Overall, I was really disappointed in this book.