William F. McCann

Skip the movie. Read the book.

Revisado: 02-09-24

Millions of people will have the mistaken notion that Joe Ranz was nearly removed from his team just prior to an Olympic race. That's because they only experienced the Hollywood version of this story. Read the book! it's well written. Well narrated. Engaging. And real.

This book has made a rowing fan of me. And Husky fan too.

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No no no no no

Revisado: 12-14-21

This is absolutely and positively the worst book I can remember reading. I don't even know if I can list all the ways it is terrible. Suffice to say that the plot is rediculous. The writing feels like it was a high school creative writing project. The story feels like a cheesy Lifetime movie. The title references a character that is barely in the story.

But the voicing is pretty good.

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Not the meaningful story I was expecting

Revisado: 10-20-21

I found that this (and War and Peace) were disappointing novels. They are full of irrelevant subplots and uninteresting characters. Some of that might need the result of the translation ... really, do 19th century Russians use the expression "by jove"? And the reader was positively hard to listen to.

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Packed with valuable insight

Revisado: 07-06-20

A person will learn a lot reading this book. It is loaded with current economic thinking. And much of it backed by data. Where they're is little or no data, the authors are careful to point it out.

This could be an impotent read for everyone. Sadly, it is a bit of a grind to get through.

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Good telling of WWII England

Revisado: 05-03-20

I liked this book, but wasn't riveted to it like other Larsen books. Given the choice, I would recommend Dead Wake over this.

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An inspiration

Revisado: 01-15-20

This book stimulated many ideas for me in my world of making software. It coalesced and solidified ideas I have been kicking around for some time, but needed another voice to bring out. If you want to create anything, you should start with this book.

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A little disappointing

Revisado: 04-30-19

I got the feeling, while listening to this book, that that something was lost in the translation. The translator's attempt to give the same poetic as color as the source falls flat. And how can a story with so much sex be so completely devoid of eroticism? And why spend so many words on the death of a dog and so little on the deaths of the characters? This story tries so hard to be serious but in the end is trite.

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Solid advice based on ancedotal stories

Revisado: 03-12-19

Here's what bugged me about this book ... the whole concept of the OKRs is based on Andy Grove's experience at Intel. But Intel's success was a marketing push that included now technology innovation ... their "success" arguably set the industry back for a decade.

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Completely engrossing account

Revisado: 12-31-18

I liked this book from the first words. it's a thorough and engaging story of fraud and corruption ... a perfect example of how not to run a company.

And I hope they throw Holmes in jail for a long time.

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Interesting but boring

Revisado: 08-09-18

is that an oxymoron? This book is a great introduction to the current thinking regarding creation of the universe and evolution of man. that said, it's pretty dry and a bit boring to listen to.

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