Man has boring life. Goes on wild and fantastic adventure in fairytale land. Grows as a person. Returns to boring life; but, finds he has outgrown it. Returns to fairytale land.
This is, quite possibly, the worse book I have ever read. It's like a non-stop sequence of adolescent D&D fantasies.
It was almost too much that, with the exception of two, every female character had no personality or plot relevance. They existed to throw themselves upon one of the main male characters. "I am an independent and self-reliant persona. But, the moment walked into this room, I felt myself consumed with the need to fuck you." "Lady, no, I have the emotional responses of an awkward teenage male." "Too bad, I'm still going to fuck you." "Ok." I only wish my dialog was so far from the truth...
Oh, and those two characters? One had some semblance of depth as a protagonist. But, she still forced herself upon someone who was, ostensibly, her subordinate. And the other was A MAN who had possessed a rape victim's ...
Typical Feynman book. Pleasant. It'll make you smile. But, very repetitive because it revisits the same topics but in multiple forms (letters, speeches, etc.).
Also, did you hear he was scientist who figured the O-Ring thing out on the Challenger?!
... I wonder if any of the Feynman books don't devote a chapter to that.
An enjoyable tour through organized crime the world-round. And, where Glenny is biased or promoting public policies, he's upfront about it.
I read this while flying between Sydney and Auckland. My hopes were it would be more edifying than watching whatever terrible documentaries they had on the in-flight computers. Sadly, this proved not to be the case.
Blink came out in 2005. And, if you've followed social media then you've already heard the anecdotes. Presumably, it's Gladwell's analysis of the primary sources that is the value behind the book. But I have read all the primary sources and already came to my own conclusions. Gladwell's weren't persuasive.