A review by amydarcy
The Art of War by Sun Tzu

challenging informative slow-paced

2.0

full disclosure: i only read this book because its fictional counterpart plays a role in one of my favourite books (the poppy war <3). to get the obvious out of the way, this is an ancient chinese military treatise written in 5th century BC - it’s obviously not winning any awards for most entertaining book of the year. most of the ideas + concepts discussed aren’t exactly groundbreaking or 100% applicable anymore given technological advancements in warfare but there were some nuggets of wisdom here and there. i believe i would’ve enjoyed this much more had it been accompanied by some sort of modern-day analysis as i’d be intrigued to know just much weight our current world leaders give to ‘the art of war’