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acoldbreeze's review
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Sexual assault
trix_lyn's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
End of the book really saved the rating on this. A lot of it made me keep going “girl, you don’t seriously believe this fin bro do you?” At least she gets it in the end. Last part of the book is really emotional too and took me by surprise. Over all it was an alright listen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Eating disorder
bethovensmuse's review
dark
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.25
I usually avoid biographies and memoirs, but Carrie Sun‘s writing style drew me in from the first page. It is very succinct, sharp, and fact-based; in her recounting of her own life story, the author is surprisingly polite and often withholding judgement to allow the reader to draw their own conclusions.
It was also quite interesting to read about her difficult upbringing and her reflections on how it shaped her thinking and self-image. I‘m sure her experiences in the industry resonate with a lot of high performers in the business world.
I did not care much for the more technical aspects (investing, stock trading, etc.), hence the slight deduction in rating.
It was also quite interesting to read about her difficult upbringing and her reflections on how it shaped her thinking and self-image. I‘m sure her experiences in the industry resonate with a lot of high performers in the business world.
I did not care much for the more technical aspects (investing, stock trading, etc.), hence the slight deduction in rating.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny and Racism
Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
maddy_brown99's review
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.25
This was a solidly interesting memoir about the inner workings of a private equity firm and the author’s experience within it. Maybe this is me wanting the book to be a thing it isn’t, but because a big part of the thing that made this big company Bad was its lack of transparency and its coldness, I wanted the style and tone of this book to be really raw and personal and no holds barred. That’s not quite what I got. Though it was personal, it always felt like some details were just a little out of reach (we never, for instance, learned Carrie’s salary). It felt at times like we were given just enough to get the point, but not enough for me to really live in the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual assault
museumnerd15's review
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault