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The Art of War: Niccolò Machiavelli (Annotated) - Non-Fiction / Human Science / Philosophy / Eastern

Niccolò Machiavelli

3.52 AVERAGE

awuoi_mading's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

neomi5's review against another edition

4.25

informative reflective medium-paced

pete_gets_lit's review against another edition

1.0

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Historically significant? Yes.
Enjoyable? No.
Thoroughly hated this the entire time and finished it solely out of stubbornness. I actually started prepping my taxes just to put off reading this.

mysteryfupa's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective

jackson_grub's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

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Ran out of time for this book at the library and had lost interest. Machiavelli’s writing style is very long, which can make it hard to follow.

dameolga's review against another edition

4.0

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The Prince is surprisingly easy to read and understand. Machiavelli posed some interesting though sometimes grim advice. I would like to say he is realistic since he based his claims on historical events, but I have to say that some of his explanations were contrived. I enjoyed reading this book though.

wiisam's review against another edition

1.0

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I don't know why I keep forcing myself to read 16th century philosophy.

paulaamaya's review against another edition

3.0

challenging fast-paced

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I would like to thank Ezio Auditore da Firenze for inspiring this banger of a book.

All jokes aside, if the book was really written as satire, it would make it the ultimate Machiavellian act.

emersonmoore03's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative reflective relaxing fast-paced

amonum's review against another edition

4.0

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Book becomes complex at time but still a good thing when it comes to guide about the ways a leader should act. "No emotions, just business" is the one liner of this book