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nat_mori's review against another edition
5.0
Whether young or old...whether your life has been touched by (pancreatic) cancer or not...this is a must read. I hope to teach my son the lessons presented in this wonderful book.
phantom_reads's review against another edition
3.0
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch is based on the final lecture that the author gave at Carnegie Mellon University before he passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2008. The book contains various anecdotes from throughout Pausch's life providing valuable lessons to readers about how to live a more meaningful and happy life.
This book isn't one I would have typically picked up on my own and I only read it for my English course in school. I don't think I've ever read anything like this that I would consider almost like a self-help book. It's very inspirational and I quite enjoyed ending my day by reading something so uplifting. Pausch does a good job of keeping every one of his stories interesting throughout the entire duration of the novel. It never once felt slow or boring and I was always interested in what Pausch was talking about.
Like so many others I tend to not like the books I have to read for school but I'm happy that this one was assigned, however, I didn't rate it five stars. It was encouraging, but overall not very memorable. Some of the stories didn't even span the entire length of a page and I don't think the lessons Pausch was teaching in the book will stick with me longer than the time it takes me to finish my essay for class
This book isn't one I would have typically picked up on my own and I only read it for my English course in school. I don't think I've ever read anything like this that I would consider almost like a self-help book. It's very inspirational and I quite enjoyed ending my day by reading something so uplifting. Pausch does a good job of keeping every one of his stories interesting throughout the entire duration of the novel. It never once felt slow or boring and I was always interested in what Pausch was talking about.
Like so many others I tend to not like the books I have to read for school but I'm happy that this one was assigned, however, I didn't rate it five stars. It was encouraging, but overall not very memorable. Some of the stories didn't even span the entire length of a page and I don't think the lessons Pausch was teaching in the book will stick with me longer than the time it takes me to finish my essay for class
latanya's review against another edition
4.0
Didn't read the book, but actually watched the video of him giving the Last Lecture...brillant.
ashley729's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, this book was beautiful, I truly think everyone would take away something by reading it. Randy had been planning on giving a “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon and while trying to come up with a topic to speak on he is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. With a lovely wife, an amazing job, and three young children he is living out everything he has ever wanted and now he won’t be able to enjoy it. Through his lecture he decides he will leave a bit of himself for his children to refer to once they are older and he is gone. Through his book we hear snippets of the lecture as well as his life story and the reasoning behind the stories he tells in the lecture. It’s beautiful, funny, inspirational, charming, emotional and just some really good kernels about what really matters in life. My heart ached throughout, I already knew he wasn’t going to live, but reading the emotion in his words made my throat tighten up. He leaves behind a beautiful family and a beautiful legacy, his life touched so many and his lecture continues to live on (grab tissues before you watch!).
aritrow's review against another edition
5.0
I started this book in Chicago, back in July, when I was at a friend's house... I just started reading the book and before I knew it, I was halfway done. Nearly half a year later, I finally got the chance to finish it.
Randy Pausch has such an amazing way of writing/speaking and the stories and lessons that he shares are just wonderful to read. Definitely a sad book, I was sniffling towards the end, but very uplifting - he was so very positive about everything, which is inspiring.
Randy Pausch has such an amazing way of writing/speaking and the stories and lessons that he shares are just wonderful to read. Definitely a sad book, I was sniffling towards the end, but very uplifting - he was so very positive about everything, which is inspiring.
therealjames's review against another edition
5.0
This is the first book I read in my life that I continue to read a couple times per year. It got me thinking about death but more importantly, how I'm spending the time I have left.
Randy is a guy that lives by a few stoic ideals...at many instances he has unfortunate things happen in his life and rather than letting them escalate, he boiled them down into their objective parts and life went on.
Highly recommended.
Randy is a guy that lives by a few stoic ideals...at many instances he has unfortunate things happen in his life and rather than letting them escalate, he boiled them down into their objective parts and life went on.
Highly recommended.