Reviews

The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Digital Disruption, Redshirts, and Overthrowing the Ancient Powerful Order by Gene Kim

dualmon's review against another edition

3.0

Only for very specific type of professional development, and already quite dated and mediocre as a story.

winerdqueen's review against another edition

1.0

I am finished with this book although I did not finish reading it. I am not sure who the target audience is. If it is developers or people who work in the industry the "solutions" mentioned to very real problems and the time it takes to implement them are simply ridiculous. If it is the rest of the people, I think they would have trouble understanding the terminology. One of the things that made me diced to stop reading it was the fact that the book not only normalizes working overtime, on weekends and even for days without a break and little sleep, but praises it like it some heroic effort only "the best of us" can do. Is that really the mentality that should be promoted? Another thing that really bothered me was how the main character constantly judged people based on the way they were dressed. Seriously? I am sorry if I'm wrong, maybe it got better after the first 100 pages, but life is too short.

I am extremely disappointed since the Phoenix project was a really good read with a lot of valuable lessons and I was very excited to read this one.

alec13355's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

jonasbn's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring

4.0

Not as good as "The Phoenix Project", the curse of the sequel, however it is a good read.

radiali's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

3.75

mkr's review against another edition

informative inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

leemartin91's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

battyblu's review against another edition

4.0

This was recommended to me by a Technical Talent Manager, and it was pretty cool.
It was easily readable and rarely got boring. I think it was an effective way of teaching some important DevOps and business concepts in the form of a fun story.
It could only be so interesting, but for what it was I'd say this was a great book.

mialindz's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

fireynis's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25