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A review by tintinintibet
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
5.0
I'm not sure if this book deserves all 5 stars or just 4. Usually I reserve 5 stars for those books that stick with you for a while, changing your perspective irrevocably or simply are so evocative that I can't help but give credit where credit is due.
Time will tell whether this book will do that -- but I suspect so. After reading lots of pulitzer-aspiring (and maybe winning, who knows) reviews of the financial crisis in book form or in the New Yorker and its ilk -- and even listening to lots of fascinating stories from the radio/podcast folks at This American Life and Planet Money, I still think this book provides a uniquely human angle AND a uniquely insightful technical commentary too.
There are a couple editing/repetitive/issues that are probably only noticeable if you read the book fairly quickly. Otherwise the repeating of definitions, actions, or thoughts could be probably helpful.
Time will tell whether this book will do that -- but I suspect so. After reading lots of pulitzer-aspiring (and maybe winning, who knows) reviews of the financial crisis in book form or in the New Yorker and its ilk -- and even listening to lots of fascinating stories from the radio/podcast folks at This American Life and Planet Money, I still think this book provides a uniquely human angle AND a uniquely insightful technical commentary too.
There are a couple editing/repetitive/issues that are probably only noticeable if you read the book fairly quickly. Otherwise the repeating of definitions, actions, or thoughts could be probably helpful.