A review by elerireads
Value(s): Building a Better World for All by Mark Carney

2.0

In theory I should have found this super interesting. Covered a whole bunch of things I'm interested in and the ways they intersect. Unfortunately, I just could not get into it. Kept zoning out, getting irritated with Carney's writing style, and I don't think there were any points or ideas that really grabbed me or added anything new to my way of thinking about things. The main thing I seem to have gained from this book is a newfound hatred of the word 'dynamism'. I enjoyed the personal anecdotes a lot more than the rambly pontificating and excessive repetition of lists of values, although I did appreciate the section on humility's focus on the fallacy of meritocracy.

Anyway I couldn't in good conscience give this more than 2/5 because it basically just bored me, but I can appreciate that this might be one of those books where actually other people gain a lot more from it than I do and I just didn't really get on with the writing style.