The Pursuit of Happyness
by Chris Gardner
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Book Reviews of The Pursuit of Happyness
Book Review: The Pursuit of Happyness
Summary: 5 Stars
This is such a good read it's hard to know where to start. The style is so easy to read and the story is so gripping you'll fly through this book. It adds so much more detail to the story if you've seen the film and makes you realise how rich Chris Gardners life has actually been. The film (however fantastic) doesn't do his life justice. This book gives more of Chris' story before he began to pursue his dream of becoming a stockbroker and a full third of the book looks at his childhood. Rarely have I been so inspired by a book, so quickly and I fell in love with this from the first few pages. I could wax lyrical about this book for pages and pages, but suffice to say I think it is superb and you can't go wrong in giving it a try. Highly, highly recommended.Book Review: Great Lesson in Cause and Effect
Summary: 4 Stars
I only want to add that though Mr. Gardner describes fighting the odds and overcoming obstacles (many of which he laid in his own path), a very important lesson is teaching us that bad decisions lead to bad outcomes and good decisions often lead to good ones. He candidly shares the mistakes he made as well as the decisions and actions that moved him closer to success. Accepting responsibility and moving forward, rather than denying one's role and dwelling on what might have been, is the most effective method of moving onward in upward. Mr. Gardner also does and excellent job of illustrating this principle.
He shows us that though nobody's perfect, with a plan, some persistence and a sense of urgency, we've all got a chance.
Book Review: Three stars only for being articulate, and a good writer
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm sorry, this book did not move me. The movie was amazing!! and that is what moved me to buy the book, but after reading, and shifting through pages, the book painted a totally different picture of his situation that the movie. During the movie, I cried, cried and cried, but reading the book, I actually no longer felt sorry for Chris Gardner, and saw him as being very irresponible! He had too much pride to ask one of the many women he was sleeping with to help him temporarily with his son? he'd rather live in a subway station restroom for two weeks, when he actually had money saved up? He said that he was trying to hold onto his money, and living in the restroom was more convenient, WTF????
I don't know what to say...Wow...
Book Review: perfect book regular service!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book in portuguese.. it's perfect.. that's why i bought it as a gift for someone outside Brazil as a birthday present. I recommend the book but not the service since it was suppose to arrive there at the most in may (month of the birthday) but they lost track of my shippment.. it didn't made.. i had to contact them many times and see what happenned and they offered me REFOUND or wainting more ONE MONTH.. !! Anyway.. i sent it of course! is a gift !! The person loved the book but just got it in the last week of JULY !!! Even the birthday WAS MAY !!!! AND THE THE END MY BOOK GIFT GOT THERE WITHOUTH THE BIRTHDAY CARD I HAD WRITTEN !! REALLY SAD... A SHAME.. So.. here's my advice: buy the book not the service!! ;)
Book Review: When the world falls on your head
Summary: 5 Stars
How to keep the tears contained is the first requirement of reading this book. Your hatred grows as you watch a monster his Mother lives with beat her over and over. Your heart pounds with each beating and verbal abuse that Chris receives until he wants to kill this lump of nothing. Through all this his mother gives him the words that stay with him all his life "You can do anything you want to do badly enough" Chris retained this and in an unbeleiveable way moved through life to a fantastic height financially. This book should be a requirement in every elementary school in America. If Chris did it each young person has the same opportunity and in most cases a lot easier than he did. A fine book by a fine man.