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“Way of the Wolf: Become a Master Closer with Straight Line Selling” By Jordan Belfort Review

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For the first time ever, Jordan Belfort opens his playbook and gives readers access to his exclusive step-by-step system the same system he used to create massive wealth for himself, his clients, and his sales teams. Until now this revolutionary program was only available through Jordan s $1,997 online training. Now in The Way of the Wolf, Belfort is ready to unleash the power of persuasion to a whole new generation of readers, revealing how anyone can bounce back from devastating setbacks, master the art of persuasion, and build wealth. Every technique, every strategy, and every tip has been tested and proven to work in real-life situations.

I didn’t have a lot of expectations for this book before going into it which turns out to be a very good thing.

If you are looking for a good business and business psychology book, then this book isn’t a go to there. Because everything this book talked about could have been summarized into a 2-3 pages read instead of a 240 pages book.

This book makes some good points here and there but not enough of good points for this book to have 240 pages in it. However these good points we got in this book was very on point which made me give this book some extra points here and there.

The writing style and language in this book are very simple which means that everyone can read it and understand it. Because if this, I gave this book some extra points. Because some of the business books I’ve read in my time really seemed like you needed a bachelor degree in business to understand them.

In my opinion this book is mainly aimed at salesmen and saleswomen rather than any other category of people or for people who just want to learn about sales market.

This book was very repetitive at a lot of moments, because it was saying the same things over and over again which really made me feel like the author thought that the people who would read this book had a memory of a gold fish. 

The closer you get to the ending of this book, the more and more of lists, stats, objectives and scales you get which really made me give a feeling that the author himself didn’t know or care how to give us a good ending so he just decided to bombard us with stats, lists, diagrams which we would forget the moment we had put this book on the table.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Icebreaker” By Hannah Grace Review

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Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of California, Maple Hills and lands a place on their competitive figure skating team. Nate’s focus as team captain is on keeping his team on the ice. Which is tricky when a facilities mishap means they are forced to share a rink with the figure skating team—including Anastasia, who clearly can’t stand him.

I didn’t have any expectations for this book because it was so Tik Tok famous, and as we know nothing good comes out of Tik Tok. But it was much better than I first thought.

The two main characters in this book which of course are Anastasia and Nathan were surprisingly very good characters. And I loved them and the relationship they had with each other. 

When it comes to the rest of the characters in this book, I need to say that I wasn’t a big fan of them. Some of those side characters were kind of good but the majority of them were meh, I just didn’t care for them at all.

However I need to say that this book felt like a rip-off of “Fifty Shades Of Grey” but just in different setting and with milder sex scenes. But the rest was the same. Even the name of the main female character. Which really pissed me off because at times it felt like I was taken back in time to the time when I was reading the first book in the “fifty shades of grey” series. 

The plot here was interesting and very enjoyable. But I need to admit that at times the drama in this book was a little bit too much for me personally especially at the end.

The writing style here was surprising good. It wasn’t the best I’ve seen but it was very comfortable. And because of the writing style this book felt like a comfy read even thou it was far from a good book. 

The ending of this book was really what I wanted the ending to be without realizing it while I was reading this book. Which really made me give this book some extra points.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“How to Win Friends and Influence People” By Dale Carnegie Review

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You can go after the job you want…and get it! You can take the job you have and improve it! You can take any situation you’re in…and make it work for you! Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie’s first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

Ive heard a lot of good things about this book, and thats why I decided to read this book. And I need to say that this book didn’t live up to all of expectations, which in a way disappointed me a little bit.

This book will for sure give you a lot of knowledge to learn from it, but at the same time some of the chapters in this book were short and I think that they should have been longer.

This book brushes against a lot of topics in psychology, like how to make people like you, how to influence other, be a good leader and how to make people feel important. And by doing so it gives us very good knowledge we can use in real life.

As I said above some of the advices were good to have in mind but other once where completely garbage and ridiculous.

The writing style here was meh to be fully honest here. Solely from the writing style you could tell that this book was written some time ago. This book was published in 1936, and the writing style pretty outdated and somehow hard to read at first if you aren’t accustomed to reading so old books.

This book is very well researched and done, but some of the tactics presented in this book are manipulative in way which makes me not applied them to real life because thats not quite ethical to be walking around and manipulating people to do what you want.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Holly” By Stephen King Review

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Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.

This book is the 3rd book in the stand alone Holly Gibney series. Which for me personally is the character I love the most from the Stephen King Universe. However its important to say that the stand alone Holly Gibney series doesn’t need to be read in order, you can read the series however you want without losing anything because every book in this series is a stand alone crime case which Holly Gibney needs to solve.

I read and reviewed the first book in this series 4 years ago,  and I’ve complete loved the first book in this series which means that I had a lot of expectations for this book even thou I skipped the 2nd book in this series because I’ve heard a lot of mixed opinions about the second book in this series.

I had some big issues with this book while reading it. And these issues were that the plot, characters and tension of this book were very overshadowed by the topics of Covid and Trump which really annoyed me. Because when I’m reading a fictional book I don’t want to reading about political opinions and views with the author has which this book had a fair amount of.

This whole book had the feeling of covid happening as well as the author not liking Donald Trump overshadowing every single aspect of it, which made this book so much less enjoyable, and uninteresting. Because every time I would start getting into the plot and having fun with this book the narrator in this book would make some stupid comments about Trump or covid like “Trump is a psychopath and his covid policy sucks”, which would made me want to grab Stephen King by his t-shirt collar and yell into his face that I don’t care about his political opinions.

However if we step aside the covid and trump comments throughout this book, then we will see that the book was very very good and it would have been easily a 5 star book if Stephen King didn’t throw his political opinions every once and awhile.

The plot in this book is Holly faces an very intriguing crime case, which is that people in a small town keep disappearing. The kidnapper or kidnappers in this book isn’t someone you would suspect at all, which makes this book so much better. 

The plot it very interesting, engaging and intriguing. And I personally had a lot fun with it when Stephen king wasn’t forcing his Trump opinions down my throat.

The characters here were all over the specter of annoying and very incredible. Holly and 3 other characters were very good. But the rest of the characters in this book, I just couldn’t care less about them, and some of them were really getting on my nerves  like the guy who gets kidnaped in the first 2 or 3 chapters of this book.

The writing style in this book was very good, and you could easily tell that it was written by Stephen King the master of horror himself. If you have read some of Stephen King’s better books you know what I mean here about the writing style. It was like Stephen King knew what words to use to grab my attention.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“Four Past Midnight” By Stephen King Review

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At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world. “Four Past Midnight”: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity.

This book is a collecting of 4 short stories written by Stephen King which take place around midnight.

The name of the short stories which are in this book are The Langoliers, Secret Window, Secret Garden, The Library Policeman and The Sun Dog. I personally think that the Secret Window, Secret Garden was the best short story in this book. And it is for sure the short story in this book which I had the most fun reading.

I didn’t have a lot of expectations for this book, because I didn’t know much about it other than it contained 4 short stories written by Stephen King. And that the short stories take place either in Castle Rock or in Derry.

Those 4 short stories we get in this book are pretty different from each other but they have couple of things in come, which of course is that they take place around midnight, and they are horror short stories. 

The characters in The Langoliers and The Sun Dog weren’t my favorite, and I found them to be boring and annoying at times. Which really disappointed me because Stephen King is known fin creating amazing characters. But it didn’t happen in those 2 short stories.

When it comes to the characters in the two remaining short stories which of course are Secret Window, Secret Garden and The Library Policeman. I need to to admit that the characters are very good, and I really came to like the majority of the characters in those two short stories. But of course there were a couple of characters in those 2 short stories which I found to be annoying or boring.

The writing style in those 4 short stories which this book has is very good. The way it was written you just could tell that it was written by Stephen King. The writing style is so good that you could tell that Stephen King knew what words to use to grab your attention and interested. 

When it comes to the ending to those 4 short stories, they weren’t the best. From experience I can honestly say that Stephen King can write much better ending than what he did in those 4 short stories.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” By John le Carré Review

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It is now beyond a doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.

Maybe its my fault that I gave this book so low rating because starting at the 5th book in a series, is not a good choice. But to my defense I got this book as a gift and I didn’t know it was part of a series until I got started reading it.

Its important to say that I DNF-ed this book. Because I just couldn’t get into it, and reading it felt like a torture for me personally. I DNF-ed this book about half way in and what I can tell you about the plot is that it is a guy sitting at his desk all the time and looking through his papers.

The writing style and the language felt very foreign even thou it was written in English. The fact that this book was published in 1974 might have something to do with this fact.

As for the writing style itself I can say here is that is very badly written and really you will get tortured while reading this book because of the writing style-

The reason why I’ve tried to read this book in the first place is because I’ve heard that this book was the best spy book of all time. Which for me personally was far from the truth. 

The other thing about this book is that it contains a lot of British words and terms as well as spy terms which aren’t explained at all. Which means that you have to look them up on the Internet which for me personally is a huge no-no.

When it comes to the plot in this book, its all but straight going. The plot in this book is boring, very confusing and very uninteresting. The plot is very difficult because when you first start reading this book you don’t have any clue about what is happening. And when you start the get the hang of the plot, all you get is the main character sitting at his desk and reading his papers.

The characters in this book are very flat and very uninteresting. I just couldn’t get myself to care about any of the characters in this book. Because they don’t have any character or any personality. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” By Bill Gates Review

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Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Gates says, “we can work on a local, national, and global level to build the technologies, businesses, and industries to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.” His interest in climate change is a natural outgrowth of the efforts by his foundation to reduce poverty and disease. Climate change, according to Gates, will have the biggest impact on the people who have done the least to cause it. 

If you forget the fact that a billionaire is writing about climate change and how we should change our lives to stop climate change then this book is very very good.

It gives us a lot of knowledge how we could change how we create energy to stop destroying the earth. Which really made me enjoy this book.

This book is very particular book if you are interested in the subject of climate change. Because this book doesn’t complain about climate change, what it does is to give you some examples and ideas how we could stop climate change.

The writing style here was very good. It made it interesting and enjoyable. But also it made the whole topic of climate change topic more understandable and easy.

This book gives gives a lot of terms and a lot of information but at the same time it makes it easy to understand. Because it explains the terms and the information which means that you don’t have to look them up on the Internet.

At the same time this book is very optimistic in the way that we can actually change things to stop climate change without making our lives miserable or even change our lives in a very huge way.

This book is also gives us reason why still so many people choose fossil, and that is because it is cheaper than the eco ways available right now.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” By Neil deGrasse Tyson Review

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What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.

I need to admit that this book has been laying on my shelves for 5 years before I actually got to read it. And now I finally have read it.

As the title of this book might suggest, this book is about astrophysics explained in nice, easy, simple and quick way. Which I loved a lot. 

The basic of astrophysics was very easily explained in this book, but at the same time it was explained in a very interesting and enjoyable way. And before I knew it I read this book in one sitting. Which really shows how well this book was done.

As you might know Neil deGrasse Tyson has a lot of books he have written, but this one was my first book by him. And after reading this book I need to say that I will be ordering the rest of his books of amazon after finishing this review.

You wont waist any time on this book because it so knowledgeable and you will learn a lot from this book even thou it has barely over 200 pages. 

And wishing those few pages he explains the entirety of space and time.

As you might know astrophysics is a very complex and huge topic which may take years to fully get the hang of it, and this book gives you a starting point in astrophysics.

Even thou this book is written in a easy and simple way it still is complicated stuff as you might expect from astrophysics.

The writing style in this book was very good. The writing style is what makes this book so interesting and enjoyable because its like Neil deGrasse Tyson knows what words to use to get your attention and get you interested in astrophysics. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir” By Stevie Van Zandt Review

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What story begins in a bedroom in suburban New Jersey in the early ’60s, unfolds on some of the country’s largest stages, and then ranges across the globe, demonstrating over and over again how Rock and Roll has the power to change the world for the better? This story. 

Ive been waiting to read this book ever since it was released back in late 2021 and finally I have read it.

Before we start this review I need to admit that I am a huge fan of Steven Van Zandt ever since I watched The Sopranos and Lilyhammer.

I had a lot of expectations for this book, which it quite didn’t live up to. And it made me sad.

But I need to admit that I didn’t know a lot about him before reading this book, and this book provides to you with his upbringing and his early days as a musician along side Bruce Springsteen. 

This book also contains some little fun facts about his life, like how he met Bruce Springsteen and how it was working on the Sopranos as well as on the Lilyhammer. Which I loved a lot.

But I personally would want to get more background and his experiences about how it was filming the sopranos and working with all of those good actors which were on the show.

This book also contains a lot of images from his life, like him with his family, behind the set of the sopranos, his parents etc.

But I need to admit that he comes of as really full of himself and bitter during a lot of moments in this book. 

At times he also come across as jealous of Bruce Springsteen’s super fame, and there were times he claimed that Bruce Springsteen getting famous was solely his doing. I need to say that I don’t know how true or false that is but still it felt like he was very very jealous and angry about Bruce Springsteen’s super fame.

There were times during this book where he claimed that the only reason Bruce Springsteen’s concert had sold out tickets to almost every concert was because of how great he was. Well I wouldn’t quite agree with that even thou I’m a big fan of his.

The writing style in this book was okay for the most part. But it was clear that he is a far better musician and actor than a writer. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Orlando” By Virginia Woolf Review

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‘The longest and most charming love letter in literature’, playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf’s close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West. Spanning three centuries, the novel opens as Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth’s England, awaits a visit from the Queen and traces his experience with first love as England under James I lies locked in the embrace of the Great Frost. At the midpoint of the novel, Orlando, now an ambassador in Constantinople, awakes to find that he is now a woman, and the novel indulges in farce and irony to consider the roles of women in the 18th and 19th centuries. As the novel ends in 1928, a year consonant with full suffrage for women. Orlando, now a wife and mother, stands poised at the brink of a future that holds new hope and promise for women.

Here we go again talking about a classic which didn’t work for me. Even thou 99% of the classic books I read don’t work me, I sometimes stumble across amazing books as “The Great Gatsby”. But this book is very far from that in my opinion.

Even thou I didn’t have a lot of exceptions for this book, I still managed some how to get disappointed in this book. I hear a lot of both good and bad about this book. And after having reading this one I can honestly say that it is truly bad in my opinion. 

The copy I got of this book has 298 pages, and all of these pages were descriptions of things that were happening and doing so the author of this book forgot about the plot. 

The plot in this book is almost none existing, I write this book 2 days after finishing this book and I can fully say that I don’t know what this book was about because the amount of descriptions in this book over rule the plot in this book.

However the writing style in this book was very very good which truly made me happy because it was the only good thing about this book in my opinion.

When it comes to the characters in this book, I can tell you that they are very flat, boring and you wont remember them after finishing this book. Even during reading this book I couldn’t name even one character that was in this book.

A lot of people on the internet call this book “the longest and most charming love-letter in literature”, but if I received a love letter like this, I would beat the shit of the person who wrote that letter to me. Because it was so awful and it didn’t make any sense to me.

This book was my first book written by Virginia Wolf, and if the rest of her work are like this one, I wont continue my adventure with her work. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5