Timothy McCarthy

Outstanding.

Revisado: 03-16-20

Russell should, and will, be celebrated as the first author with the courage to treat this subject with the complexity it deserves. Beautifully and thoughtfully done.

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Don’t waste a credit

Revisado: 11-12-19

It is neither a readable true crime story nor any other kind of coherent narrative. It is fragmented; a loosely assembled pile unorganized quotes, opinions, and facts; seriously lacks the objectivity of true investigative reporting—just an opportunistic writer exploiting the tired, low hanging fruit that is the Nassar matter. Many factual errors too.

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Word to author: get a life

Revisado: 06-09-19

The most blaring issues include:

Veiled in self righteous, self congratulatory rhetoric, author is oblivious that what is on display in this piece is his own perverse fixation on RK’s sexual issues (which, at worst, include consensual acts between RK and various women close to the age of legal consent).

True of other books by other authors, it is off-putting when an author exploits some questionably-newsworthy topic (here, RK’s relationships with girls) by using it as a pretext to generate interest and publish what in actuality is an autobiographical piece highlighting his own life or career.

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Mezrich has sold out.

Revisado: 05-24-19

Mezrich used to be fun to read - In high school, my friends and I enjoyed reading about Blackjack. Though not considered to be a serious author, certain of his pieces had a kind of edge, even occasionally ringing subversive.

This one is evidence that any edge or courage is gone from Mezrich’s writing. This book relies on tired rhetorical fillers and melodrama to stretch its limited substantive content. Worse, it reads like a long love letter from Mezrich to the Winkle-whatever boys—a couple Harvard trust fund tools known for receiving a one time windfall gift from Facebook, which Zuck paid to make them go away.

Worst, here Mezrich reveals that he has lost any courage or independence he once had and now just tows the safe, mainstream narrative. He touches very superficially on topics that might give another impression, he carefully dances around and avoids adopting any tone or position that carries risk or that could piss anyone off.

Too bad.

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This is more than a book.

Revisado: 11-21-18

Our major institutions, including those involved in the financial sector, are too far gone. Any hope for them and those who control them is ill founded and irrational. The same is true of our courts and legal system. We have entered a post-constitutional era—these institutions now undermine and mock, rather than preserve, their founding constitutional and democratic functions.

The time has come for ‘the people’ to take action; to stop writing reviews and consuming information via dominant mainstream corporate media outlets. It is time to organize and act.

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Meandering and tedious while never delivering the promised story.

Revisado: 09-15-18

10 chapters in, the author finally admits that she was never able to find out much about what happened to the girl. I wish I’d known that before buying the book. So, the result is hours and hours of talk on topics she was able to find out about. Half way in I had to call it quits.

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Boring and reads like a KK fanboy piece

Revisado: 08-14-18

Narrator style is monotonous and boring. Author just stumbling over himself to offer praise upon praise for KK.

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Another Self Indulgent Memoir by Hedge Fund Mgr

Revisado: 01-17-18

Would you ever listen to anything by Jim Rogers again?

No

What three words best describe Michael Bybee’s voice?

Ordinary

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Dissapointment; No substantive investment advice, or anything substantive really. Just another eccentric wealthy hedge fund manager wanting to romanticize his luck and brag about his adventures.

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Sorkin should be ashamed of himself

Revisado: 12-31-17

No investigative journalism here; just Sorkin playing nice with Wall Street. Don’t waste your money, or just buy the self serving autobiographies of a few Wall Street insider criminals - the same thing.

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Outstanding Story. Eric Meyers is extraordinary.

Revisado: 10-20-17

The book is excellent. The performance by Eric Meyers is transcendent. I plan to read any other books by Belfort, and any other books narrated by Meyers.

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