"The moment I picked his books up I knew I couldn't follow the teachings. Something wasn't quite right when I listened to my heart."
I had the same sort of mild "repulsion" but I went through the whole book. I had to force myself. It was okay but not the revelation that so many seemed to find. I never understood so many churches devoting Sunday worship to the book or the Christians that were so crazy about it. I tend to be unimpressed with so many "popular" trends in Christian churches.
I cannot read his book either. I think it is tedious and poorly written. Good points, maybe.
If you stop at the first sentence, the book is great! :)
When I was first dating my bride, my pastor suggested we go through the book together. She is Catholic, and I am Lutheran.
We both saw much the same things wrong with it. When I asked my pastor about it, he smiled and said that was why he told us to go through the book. If neither of us caught the problems, we probably needed to be more serious in our faith.