This book disappointingly only covers the early days of Nike, and stops once the company has gone public. Towards the end, the author also tries to brush off the criticism levelled at Nike (and other clothing companies) for how workers were treated in some of the factories used to manufacture their goods.
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Paul reviewed The Gunslinger by Stephen King
[The Dark Tower][1] I
The opening chapter in the epic Dark Tower series. Roland, the …
I just don't get Stephen King
2 stars
Stephen King gets rave reviews, and sells books by the truck load, but I just don't get his works. I thought at first it was because he's mostly famous for horror (not a favourite genre of mine), but even reading his works outside of that fall flat for me.
Paul rated The Gunslinger: 2 stars
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The opening chapter in the epic Dark Tower series. Roland, the last gunslinger, in a world …
Paul rated Fermat's Last Theorem: 4 stars
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xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration …
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Depressing and unfulfilling
1 star
Content warning Spoilers: ending
Everyone (or nearly everyone depending on how you interpret it) dies and we don't even find out what caused the mist or how far it spreads (the state? the whole USA? the world?)
Paul rated Road to Dune: 4 stars
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Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks …
Okay but some annoyances
2 stars
There are useful bits of information in this book - though more so if you live in the US as it's geared towards that country in terms of tax etc. However, three things really ground my gears:
- Robbins ends every other sentence with an exclamation mark.
- Endless name-dropping 'oh my good friend [famous investor]'.
- References to things being 'literally' faster than the speed of light. If you've worked out how to do this, the Nobel Prize in Physics awaits.
If you like Robbins' writing style, you'll probably love this book. For me, it was a bit grating and that knocked at least one star off.