The Pursuit of Happyness
by Chris Gardner
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Book Reviews of The Pursuit of Happyness
Book Review: A Gift for someone who needed some good direction and inspiration
Summary: 5 Stars
Well I sent the book to my husband, currently he's sitting in jail. I felt the book could give him some inspiration in his life. It did just that, and now the other guys in the pod want to borrow the book and see why my husbands outlook on life has changed. Little did he know that people would start looking asking about this book..OOPS I think I started something...I've seen the movie, but have yet to read the book, however hearing the stories of the authors life, it's pretty Ironic that where Chris spent his time in jail, is exactly where my hubby's at right now.
* if it could change the way my husband views his life then it can truly make a certain impact in anyones life, however there is adult content and I would not subject the language to anyone under 18.
Kudos to the writer,
Heart2love07
Book Review: Great Read!
Summary: 4 Stars
This was our Book Club selection for the month of February and after reading some of the reviews here I was worried I would not enjoy it. That is so far from the real experience! The book is an easy read and insightful. While this story is written by Chris Gardner - the man - It definitely chronicles his journey through a child's eye. It gives an honest, forthright perspective on the challenges he faced growing up in homes where most of the people who cared for him truly loved him but could not always give him the stability he needed. No matter what, his Mom has always been larger than life to him... his stepfather a big, angry bully. Lots of emotion as we travel his journey. Motivating in that it makes you feel if you have the desire, faith, patience, you can overcome and even grow through your trials.Book Review: This book is a complete waste of time
Summary: 1 Stars
If Chris Gardner had any morals I'm sure they wouldn't have come out in this book as he goes to great lengths to tell you every sexual exploit he's made in his lost, disgusting, immoral life. I couldn't finish it. Talk about all his sexual escapades! ...and his inability to keep his d**k in his pants, and worse still, his inability to keep a wife because of it! He's a moral black hole taking thousands of susceptible people with him into the depths of crude, rude, disgusting, immoral, sex addiction-type behavior. There's nothing HAPPY about this book!
I just threw mine away. If it would have fit in the toilet I would have flushed it. I'm sure it would have gotten stuck in the u-bend causing me even more misery to add to the misery I felt reading this life-sucking black hole of a book.
Book Review: jmd.per6.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner is a very good book. It was hard for me to get into it at first, but once I did, I enjoyed it. It is about a man, Chris Gardner, struggling to be abetter man. He was a single father, he was homeless, and he had no money. Finding any possible way to survive was scarce and he took everything he could. This book inspired me to be thankful and appreciate what i have. It is a great story of how Chris Gardner goes through many sacrifices to become a stock broker. He struggles to get to the top and get from rags to riches. I reccomend this book for anyone that is going through a hard life and doesn't think that they will get through it. This book is good to get peopple determined to be the best and do whatever it takes to be happy.Book Review: Chris Gardner Keeps It Real
Summary: 3 Stars
"The book is better", you hear that about most films based on novels. In my opinion the book and the movie balanced each other reasonably well. Im partly glad that certain parts of the book were streamlined and adjusted for cinematics. That left for pleasant, and not so pleasant surprises upon reading the true story.
Gardner held nothing back, from the humility of his manhood being taken at a young age to his own infedility in marriage. I didnt read the book in hopes of finding a new hero so his morals or lack thereof dont concern me as much as his determination to overcome obstacles.
I found inspiration and relativity in his life story. If he could survive and succeed the obstacles stated, in my own humanity...then so can I.