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Very disappointing

Revisado: 03-24-25

I bought the audiobook to learn more about the history of Philadelphia where I grew up and have spent a good part of my 70 years. I found the first half to be pretty interesting albeit not particularly well written as I learned a lot about how the city grew over the years and the population evolved. But the last couple of chapters were terrible and so one stilted it made me wonder about the rest of the book.

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Hard to tell who is more delusional the thief or the author

Revisado: 11-22-24

Hard to tell who is more delusional the thief or the author but pretty sure it’s the author

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Fabulous

Revisado: 02-02-20

I have read many books about life in Communist China and North Korea and this is by far my favorite. Like the others the story is amazing but this book is written with such heart and humor it is a must read.

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A bit too much Mulally worship but otherwise a great read

Revisado: 03-06-18

While Bill Ford and Alan Mulally deserve a lot of credit for their leadership, the book goes overboard in worshiping Alan Mulally which unfortunately undermines the authors credibility. I understand as an author you can’t bite the had that feeds you or else you can’t get access to tell a compelling story but this reads like Mulally’s mom wrote it. Otherwise a great read

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Excellent balanced history of the Big 3 undoing

Revisado: 03-06-18

Could only have been written by someone who followed the Big 3 over a long period and could recognize fact from fiction. I worked for one of the Big 3 for few years in the 80s and invested in parts suppliers in the 90s so I know many of the principles in the book and the author really nailed it. Highly recommend

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Disappointing

Revisado: 01-25-18

Another example of why authors should not read their books. Poorly read

The content is unfortunately not much better. More an oped piece than an examination of the subject

Unfortunately keep reading expecting it would get better and so can’t return it

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nothing special here

Revisado: 04-27-13

What did you like best about Ghost in the Wires? What did you like least?

Ok story but nothing really special about the book ... Mitnick is somewhat delusional and has a bit of a persecution complex so it is hard to get behind the Mitnick as a victim theme.... It is also difficult to believe that someone supposedly as smart and clever as he portrays himself could make as many boneheaded mistakes as he did

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6 stars

Revisado: 09-01-10

by far the best audiobook i have listen to. i had seen various film versions of the story but have always been intimidated by length of the book or the 50 hour listen ..... the book is very different than the movie versions so seeing the movie will not ruin it for you ..... john lee really brings the book alive and the 50 hours flew by

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please ban authors from reading their own books

Revisado: 09-01-10

if you ever want to hear what a book read by jim rome (the sports head) would sound like here is your chance. it is so painful to listen to i had to give up which is a shame because the book is pretty well written. it is a great story especially given what has happened to the global financial markets over the last several years. shame more of the market regulators and banks didn't learn anything from the experience

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Revisado: 04-25-10

if you have read the big short by lewis don't bother reading this book as there is nothing new. if you have a choice between the two books go with michael lewis. he is a better writer and the narration is also better.

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