A review by paperportals
The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life by Erwin Raphael McManus

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.0

The Bad:  
- Readers might confuse a life full of privilege ("open doors" "bigger opportunities" "more impact") with a life full of God, and I sincerely hope this won't be the case
- Authors can only share what they know, but this author certainly comes from a place not many might find relatable
- Author reveals an underlying notion of what a successful life is (saving nothing for the next life), and it might sound more like a prescription and I wish it didn't; we might all have different definitions of success

The Good: 
- Any book starting with "rock bottom" (however that is for the author) is a book with a great hook
- Readers get the sense they're reading someone who embodies the book's content
- Lots of stories reinforcing the point, stories that the author himself experienced first-hand or shares from close friends and family, which makes it believable
- Great, conversational story-telling! Always a good sign when I'm just 100% engaged to an audiobook.
- I liked the occasional drawing from Scripture for golden principles, even though they're not the focal point of the book

The Recommendation:
- Pick up for a spiritualized peptalk
- Pick up if you feel like you've disqualified yourself
- Pick up if you feel like God has disqualified you
- Pick up if looking for strong (and weighted) perspectives of what a good life can look like

Personal note: I might still like The Barbarian Way more.