This book deserves 5 stars. It is a surprising little book, written with honesty and a great sense of enthusiasm about life. Randy Pausch writes about his own life, his values, his dreams... I get the sense of a life fully lived.

In my opinion, the point of this book is not whether one agrees with the various pieces of advice that are given. To me, the point is that a dying man writes about the way he has lived his life. He does so to express himself (as well as to leave a written statement to his children), not to teach us something. The teaching bit might come as a nice side effect, but I feel that's not the main point of the book. I admire the straightforwardness, the moral integrity and the honesty of this man.