If you are interested in the topic, I advise seeing the film by the same name, as the two complement each other. Of the two, this is a better, more balanced treatment.

Helen Whitney is significantly more tough-minded that most of the authors in this genera. She does not think that it is always good to forgive. She gives examples in this book of people who find that not forgiving is better than forgiving; people who are devasted by their inability to forgive or at least, get past their anger; people who forgive horrible wrongs; and people who feel persecuted by those eager to make them forgive.

It would have been good to have discussed the nature of forgiveness which, as Whitney acknowledges, has a number of meanings. On the other hand, some of the interviewees made some good points about the nature of forgiveness. They simply aren't comparable, since they may all mean something different. ( )