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I'm usually not a big fan of (auto)biographies of successful business owners, which usually consists of telling how good your company was and telling others to do exactly the same. This book is different though. You don't get any advice. You just learn about the history of Nike. It's written for normal people that are curious about the company, not for entrepreneurs seeking for inspiration.

He makes a good point, but he writes it in a quite intelligent manner that is too learned for me and not accessible enough. For instance he throws around with dozens of -isms and expects you to know what they are, or dozens of philosophers and expects you to know their viewpoint.
The majority of the book however, part 2 where he gives a shitload of examples of the progress that humankind has made the past two centuries, does not have this flaw however. It's insightful and easy to read. That alone makes this book worth reading.

Rather original plot, and decently written. I missed the "must know what will happen next" feeling though.

Too complex. It might be my puny brain, but I couldn't make anything out of the story. It wasn't working towards some plot, and there were no indications of which magic was allowed in the book.

Surprising ending!

There were like 5 skirmishes described in great detail, while the plot didn't move forward with it.

Very original. Sometimes hard to read due to the language. Also, some chapters that are not so important drag on for too long. The action itself is only a few pages.

A lot of examples and anecdotes, which makes you think twice about the power of introversion. Even though they are factual, they are told with a lot of emotion. It's not a book about how to live as an introvert, but more a book to make your realize once more it's alright to be an introvert. The only eye opening chapter was the one openly arguing against more teamwork.

The man has humor! He speaks to a wide audience, not by making everything big, huge and fantastic, but just by taking us along in his thinking.

I started this book after reading The Art of Empathy, a later book by Karla McLaren. The Language of Emotions has some new insights for me, like the different intelligences within you (body, intelligence, emotion and spirit) and that it takes all four to make healthy decision. It sometimes felt however that it was written for people with a lot of problems with their emotions, and not for people who can already handle their emotions well (let them flow freely, as she calls it) but want to improve on it. For that purpose, I recommend The Art of Empathy.

It has some nice ideas about little things you can do to improve your life. It's nothing so spectacular that you never heard it before, but as it is often with these things: it never hurts to repeat them. I love the practicality of this book.

The idea of seeing the world through a viewport, and letting the world come in through that same viewport, is interesting at best. The author however uses too many hokum to fill the book.

I am working in IT, but not in a corporate environment. On the one hand, I got the feeling that I recognized certain things. On the other hand, I found myself often wondering why I would be listening to somebody else's (fictional) work-related problems in my free time.

The synopsis has potential, the setting is original, but yet, after 21 hours of listening, I never had the feeling I was pulled into a story.

Written in typical Bill Bryson style: scientifically sound, yet entertaining. I enjoyed the entire listen. Minor drawbacks are: it was more about diseases than about the body, and native English speakers can't speak Latin.