
Updated a reading goal:
Read 20k pages in 2026
Progress so far: 320 / 20000 1%
Updated a reading goal:
Read 10k pages in 2025
Progress so far: 12265 / 10000 122%

I really didn't care for it. The only saving grace was that it's less than 200 pages with a large font so it's easy to breeze through. The story itself is fine, a simple tale about following your dreams. I don't understand people who say this book changed their life or that they find profound meaning in it. Anyone with even a modicum of life experience shouldn't really find the ideas here very groundbreaking. Maybe a better read for younger readers who don't have much life experience yet.
I really didn't care for it. The only saving grace was that it's less than 200 pages with a large font so it's easy to breeze through. The story itself is fine, a simple tale about following your dreams. I don't understand people who say this book changed their life or that they find profound meaning in it. Anyone with even a modicum of life experience shouldn't really find the ideas here very groundbreaking. Maybe a better read for younger readers who don't have much life experience yet.
Updated a reading goal:
Read 10k pages in 2025
Progress so far: 12041 / 10000 120%

I'm happy to finally have the full context for all the references to this book. It comes up constantly when discussing politics, specifically authoritarianism and totalitarianism but I had never actually read it. The prose and general style definitely feel dated, but I still enjoyed it. There are some very real lessons here that hold up.
I'm happy to finally have the full context for all the references to this book. It comes up constantly when discussing politics, specifically authoritarianism and totalitarianism but I had never actually read it. The prose and general style definitely feel dated, but I still enjoyed it. There are some very real lessons here that hold up.