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I borrowed this book (thankfully didn't pay for it) based on the reviews and my interest in finance. I hoped it would be along the lines of Michael Lewis' books, but instead it seems to be a rather boring autobiography. The first half of the book barely mentions finance as it takes you through the author's extremely depressing childhood (struggling with domestic violence, being an identical twin, not being the 'right' weight etc).

If you like reading about the lives of individual traders and their entire backstory, then this might be a good book for you. If you want to read about trading, Wall Street, the financial markets etc. -even from the perspective of just one person - there are far better books out there.

Short, shappy and to the point - I read this cover to cover in about 60 minutes. I didn't get much out of it though, and felt the authors tended towards an attitude of 'this is how we do things, and we're successful, therefore everyone should follow us'.

One of my favourite books, which I've read dozens of times since I was a child. It has stood the test of time and is accessible to children, but it doesn't feel like a children's book and is still enjoyable as an adult. Unlike Lord of the Rings, it can be read over the course of a few evenings, but it still feels like an epic adventure.

Read this as part of English Literature when I was at school. I think it wins the 'most depressing book I've ever read' award.

Starts off well, but by the time I got half-way through I felt Gyles was running out of topics and could have stopped rather than going through the alphabet again.

Read this for my local sci-fi book club. Things don't really get going until about half-way through, but that's not bad for the first book in a series.