A review by karang
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis

3.0

A relatively modern history of the trading world. I started reading this book knowing only that it was about "wall st" but not exactly what it was about. Flash boys is a well presented history of modern high-frequency trading, and it's evolution (abuse). The book isn't very technical, so someone very new to economics (like me) can also understand most of the book. The only thing I didn't like was that the chapters are too long, like really, really long. I like short chapters that are easily consumable, but not this one. Lewis could have dropped a lot of detail and still kep the narratives going, but oh well. Still a good book.