Catherine Heald

Strange story and not all that compelling

Revisado: 01-21-25

I listened to the whole book on Audible because my book club was doing this book but I can’t say I loved it. It was quite odd and not all that compelling and I only finished it because of my book club.

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Excellent Japanese language learning tool

Revisado: 12-31-24

I learned the 2000 most common Japanese words, some more useful than others. I found it helpful to listen to each chapter twice in succession so once I learned a new word, I would hear it again soon afterwards.

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Excellent book

Revisado: 02-24-24

I liked the way there were different narrators each telling their own story. Now I really want to know if this is what happened to Fleetwood Mac

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Epic book by a brilliant writer, who makes everything compelling

Revisado: 10-08-23

I have read quite a few books by Walter Isaacson including his Steve Jobs book and now Elon Musk, which is just as gripping and fascinating. He learned so much about the characters of the people he is writing about, but also about business and technology, and what is going on in the world in so many ways. I can’t recommend this enough.

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Fascinating and very pithy - but not too heavy going

Revisado: 09-19-23

It’s not easy to write a world history, and make it so fact filled and compelling at the same time, and I dare say fun to read also. But the author was wildly successful in accomplishing all this, and I really enjoyed every moment of this book. I highly recommend it to anybody who is interested in history and wants learn.

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Couldn’t stop listening to this book

Revisado: 07-08-23

I learned so much and was absolutely riveted by this book which I got through in a matter of days. Each day I looked forward to the next time I would be listening. Now I need another great book to learn from as well as be enthralled by.

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Wow only a Japanese author could write this

Revisado: 02-26-23

I am a student of Japan and love everything about Japan so I really enjoyed this book. But someone who has not spent extensive time in Japan and doesn’t understand Japanese culture would not be able to appreciate this book the way I do. It’s very noir and not much happens but that’s the whole point. Beautifully written. Love this book.

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Riveting and excellent in every way

Revisado: 01-19-23

Brilliant and fascinating. I enjoyed every moment of this book and couldn’t put it down. Hearing it in Tina’s own voice made it even better.

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Important Japanese philosophy

Revisado: 12-27-21

Everyone all over the world should embrace this philosophy in order to enjoy every moment as it happens rather than thinking about the past or present, with a goal of happiness every single day.

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Fascinating book about the young generation of China

Revisado: 12-12-21

I read a lot of books about China but most are more historical, while this is about the youth of China today (or at least in 2017). The “me” generation of young Chinese born after 1990, most of whom are so-called “little emperors” because they were born only children and doted upon by six adults - their parents and both sets of grandparents. They are super ambitious and hard-working and will do anything to get ahead and to live better than their parents who were in most cases peasants from rural China. I highly recommend this book!

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