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itheory's Reviews (230)


Super important topic, well-addressed in this book. If you have interactions with other people, reading it will improve them.

Read this book cover-to-cover a few years ago, but failed to make it through a second time. I consoled myself by reading the summaries at the end of each chapter, which quite effectively encapsulate the lessons. Think I'll go write them down where I can regularly read them straight-through.

adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Bumped up the score on the latest re-read. 

Fun read. I enjoyed the engineering problem-solving, but not the mild sexism. Kept wondering how it would differ if the main character was a black woman rather than a white man. (I don't know for sure he was white, but in my mind his ethnicity is Matt Damon). Hoping the writing is better in the movie.

Great fun, hilarious, and with a surprisingly touching ending.

Delightfully short, with some good info, but quite CEO-focused.