Mike

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'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.