Reviews and Comments

If you are interested in how to live a happier life or feel like you are not dealing with situations the best way, this is the book for you.

I'd think, that I'm generally a very happy person. Some say even too optimistic, but there was still a lot to get from this book. I was interested in what I was doing right or if I was just being happy despite some bad habits and of course it's not that simple.

In showing how to do it wrong, this book reveals in a fun and intriguing way, why some behavior is so destructive to our lifes. It also points to how society got us there and why it is so hard to change those things.

If you are even a bit interested in how some behavioral quirks make life so hard, this is the book you should read.

Ich kann meine Enttäuschung, nein meine Wut, gar nicht wirklich in Worte fassen. Wie konnte ich nur glauben, dass dieses Buch noch eine Wendung zum Besseren nimmt? Ich hätte einfach gleich am Anfang aufhören sollen, statt weiterzulesen. Und ich rede hier nicht von der Welt, sondern der Schreibstil war einfach grottig. Ich kann einfach nicht mehr, das war eines der schlechtesten Bücher die ich je gelesen habe. Und ich habe es nur zu Ende gelesen, weil ich nicht glauben konnte, dass so etwas Buchpreise gewonnen hat.

Just as you come close to the end and you may think that you got the message and ain't doing so bad after all, this book just throws you into a mid-life crisis out of nowhere. I read three of the later strategies on the bus and had to pause, because they just hit me like three brick walls one after the other.

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Wohlan! Wohlauf! Gott ist tot, also sprach Zarathustra.

The ending itself was a bit underwhelming. The whole book felt like it's just writing out everything that you probably already guessed was going on in this world. It's still a 4/5 because the whole series and this book wasn't bad, I just expected much more of it, especially because of the hype around it.

Speaking of the series, I don't get why people love it so much. It's just another sci-fi series. The characters weren't outstanding, the story and world-building is okay-ish. It was a fun read, don't get me wrong, but it's not very rememberable. I feel like I could have skipped half the book and it wouldn't even have made any difference.

I would not recommend this book, not because it's bad, but because it's not special or exciting in a way that it stands out from other sci-fi books.

Don't get me wrong, world building is good and Hugh Howey does a good job doing just that, but I didn't get hooked at all. I was looking forward to finishing it. I personally know people that loved it and were happy to start with the next book as soon as they finished this, but that wasn't me.

The story is just dragging along, nothing that exciting going on, the plot is also relatively unsurprising. I started this book and it read like I'm just going through the motions. It's probably just not my jam, but I have to admit, it's well written in a way. I can see what people might enjoy about it.

I am not able to really recommend it, but I can also not recommend against it. I guess my opinion on this is just not interesting.

I started reading this, because I already heard about it being as interesting for adults as it is for children. Now I think this book is much more written for adults anyway and I wonder how children interpret the story.

I don't think I even have to sell it much, it's not that long and it goes through the topic of being thoughtful with how you are using your time in life, but in a different way than you might expect.

Would recommend, it's a short but surprisingly deep book.

A surprisingly good story, so I'm gonna read the rest of the trilogy. It's worthwhile, the story seems to mostly make sense, the characters are believable, the descriptions make it feel somewhat natural and it has some surprises while not relying too much on those. I'm pleased by how the story is built and progression through the chapters is also influencing the way it is told.

Just an all-around solid book, would recommend it, even just the first book alone. I'm looking forward to what is coming in the next two books, hopefully it's not doing a Metro 2034 on me.