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One of the best narrators I’ve listened to

Revisado: 06-21-22

It feels like listening a monologue performance instead of “someone reading a book”. I would recommend this book mostly for that reason. This is definitely one of the books that are better as an audiobook. I don’t know if Clementine itself is that likeable as a character but maybe because she was being brutally honest. The story is interesting because it offers a different point of view from victims of war/life after the war, but I have a feeling it won’t give me that much impact if I just read the book as a text instead of listen to the audiobook

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Amazing performance, meh content

Revisado: 02-22-21

Performance-wise, you get what you expect from the great actor Matthew McConaughey. But content-wise, I really wish it was just a memoir. Instead, it was only 50% memoir, 40% unsolicited preachy self-help-style advices, and 10% poems that he wrote.

The actual memoir itself was pretty interesting but since it has to share space with the preachy stuff I feel like the content is very shallow and only touching the surface. You can summarize everything and put it on his Wikipedia page.

The advice part (or as he calls it “Prescribe”) was so unnecessary because it was old and cliche (same energy as “reach for the stars”) and somehow coming from him it doesn’t feel relatable and the vibe was very “preachy bullshit from a know-it-all rich guy”.

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First 50% was fun, last 50% was a boring lecture

Revisado: 01-15-18

I love that this book has a chapter about Arline, his first wife who was only mentioned briefly in ‘Surely You’re Joking...’ It was such a tragic romantic story but it helps us in getting to know a different side of Feynman.

The Arline story was in the first 25% of the book. A couple of chapters after that were letters written by other people about Feynman. Then the rest of the book was about his work helping NASA, ended with several chapters on rocket science.

The NASA part started ok in the beginning, still had the same feeling as ‘Surely You’re Joking...’ but after 2-3 hours I started wondering, “when will this part of the story end?! Enough already!” Apparently it went on till the end of the book. The last 2-3 chapters were not even stories anymore, it was lectures about rocket that could be interesting for people who are into it, but not me. Couldnt even understood half of it. Ended up listening with 2x speed just to get it over it.

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Easy read, inspiring, entertaining

Revisado: 11-24-17

Lots of interesting stories as illustration. I used to only read novels and fiction because I thought non-fiction books were all boring. This was the book that changed my mindset. Kept me entertained while giving me a sense of "I'm actually learning something too!"

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Zzzzz

Revisado: 11-24-17

Could have been summarised in 3 hours or so. Kept falling asleep while trying to listen to it, but a lot of people seems to really love this book, so I don't know. Maybe it was just not for me.

Good takeaway, though. Can be enlightening as well. It was just.... boring.

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Funny, inspiring, shocking, and it made me cry

Revisado: 11-24-17

I have one friend who is super picky about books, doesn't read novels, only read business books and non-fiction. He does love biographies, though. But only if it "has substance."

I finished listening to this book in 3 days and forced him to listen to it. He was unsure, "Trevor Noah the comedian? I don't like stupid comedy books." But I kept forcing him, "Just listen to the first chapter. That's it. Then you can decide if you want to continue."

He messaged me the next day saying, "Shit, I thought the book was gonna be basic. I finished half of it already."

Hell, even my husband who hates audiobook ("Books are supposed to be read!) can't help but keeps eavesdropping whenever I listened to this on our bedroom speaker. I mean, he pretended he was busy with his laptop but he laughed with me whenever Trevor said something funny, and he would blurted out comments like, "Ha! I agree with you, brother!"

Funny, well-written, well-performed, inspiring, eye-opening, shocking, and I'm sure you will also shed a tear in one of the chapters. Cannot recommend this enough.

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My least favorite of all Gladwell's book

Revisado: 11-24-17

I don't think Malcolm Gladwell has ever published a bad book. This one was def not my favorite but still good nonetheless. The usual story + analysis. I feel it's more entertaining than inspiring (that's not a complaint, though. Who wouldn't wanna be entertained?)

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Really useful but maybe the paperback is better

Revisado: 11-24-17

This was supposed to be read one chapter per day, but who does that, right? Useful quotes and all very applicable in life. Definitely worth buying, but since this is the type of book you would always come back to whenever you need an enlightenment, I think probably better to own the paperback version (not that the audiobook is not good, it's just for practicality, easier to go to the chapter you want if it's a physical book).

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After 12 hrs, I didn't want the book to be over

Revisado: 11-24-17

Was a bit hesitated to listen to this since it's 12 hours long (ugh!) but I ended up finishing the book in less than a week, and actually felt a bit sad nearing the end because I didn't want the book to end. I wanted to hear more stories from Phil. The narrator did a really great job in making the story feels alive.

Recommended for everyone, even if you don't like biography, because this can also read like a novel. If paper book has "page-turner", the equivalent of it for audiobook would be the best adjective to describe this book.

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Not the best biography but still interesting

Revisado: 11-24-17

He has a crazy exciting life so naturally the story was enjoyable. He was quite open about his private life including his affairs and public feud with British Airways. Branson himself narrated the book quite okay, but technicality-wise was not that perfect because you can obviously hear when one recording session was over and the new recording session started: different volume and Branson talk in different note key. Not a big deal, though. Still recommended.

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