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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
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Didn’t go in excited or invested but this was very well written regardless of the subject matter
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This is right up there with Anna Wiener's Uncanny Valley, a prescient memoir illuminating the inner workings of one of the few industries that dictates so much of life in the United States in the 21st century.
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This book is about so much more than private equity. While it is a fascinating glimpse into the lives and minds of the 1% of the 1%, it’s also a commentary on who in our society gets power, how even women at the very top are still treated like, well, women, and always expected to do more. It’s about how society places value on people and productivity, and what the cost of that productivity is. And more. Sun is a fantastic writer. I really enjoyed this book!
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Okay don't hate me. I read this because I felt an unreasonable amount of mental clarity from Uncanny Valley and thought this was a similar memoir about women in high-income, male-dominated fields. but wow was it hard to empathize or learn anything from this one. after years of working in finance she only realizes that people are solely interested in profit when she doesn't get what she wants? when she works too hard? when she doesn't get paid enough or enough stake in the fund? I was a little disappointed that was the only realization. like, duh! we all already knew that... so anyway I was a little disappointed with this read. don't get me wrong, it was interesting to read as a story, to follow someone's life. but the "moral" or the "lesson" at the end totally threw me off this path, sorry.
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