This book has good advice but in my grand search for my purpose in life, was a little disappointed I was not able to find my purpose after reading it. The book is faith based with our purpose being to serve God, and I understand the writings of this book, but I was looking for something more. The Purpose Driven Life is great in how the lessons are broken down for self paced learning. This book would make a great gift for those who already know their purpose in life and want to supplement their principles for living a Godly life. I did buy this book new, but used would have been ok. This book is an easy read and easy to understand. It is a comfort book as well, knowing the more people that read it, would be more people you can interact with on a trusting, spiritual level. However, being a single mom, struggling to raise a family on one income, I did feel a little left out of the target group loop this book was intended for.