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acesarrows's review against another edition
1.0
DNF.
This is an oddly written book. None of the topics are well explained, and neither is the book itself - it jumps right into Iceland without any background. It is a strangely disjointed read - Lewis starts ideas and then never gets back to them. Or he begins on a topic, idea or interview and then gets lost in a strange digression. He also has this habit of trying to associate whole financial issues/collapses with the stereotypes of the people in the county - it's a bit juvenile. I must say, I'm both confused and disappointed.
This is an oddly written book. None of the topics are well explained, and neither is the book itself - it jumps right into Iceland without any background. It is a strangely disjointed read - Lewis starts ideas and then never gets back to them. Or he begins on a topic, idea or interview and then gets lost in a strange digression. He also has this habit of trying to associate whole financial issues/collapses with the stereotypes of the people in the county - it's a bit juvenile. I must say, I'm both confused and disappointed.
sabrookes's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Not what I was expecting
homa99's review against another edition
5.0
Very entertaining. A riveting Coming Attraction for the longer, less spirited online material about the financial crisis and its players that you will doubtless be googling.
sksrenninger's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this, but I have a hard time swallowing any arguments based on a country's general character, and there were a lot of sweeping assumptions here. Just the same, it was a really insightful explanation of a pretty obtuse topic, and Michael Lewis is a pretty funny author.
seldonsplan's review against another edition
4.0
Good book, but not if you're looking for a deep understanding of the global economic crisis. It's more of a moral lesson book than anything else. Morals worth learning of course.
signymarie14's review against another edition
5.0
I’m not a huge non fiction girlie let alone finance girlie, so that fact that I started and finished this book in three days is a glowing review in its own! It was funny & easy to understand, and I loved the cultural contrasting!
freckleduck's review against another edition
5.0
I honestly really enjoyed this book. I feel like I’m his writing about money Michael Lewis also writes about life in general and although sometimes this book felt disjointed and random I still really loved it and enjoyed reading it.
edgiles4's review against another edition
3.0
This is the natural follow-up to Lewis's The Big Short, which focused on the Wall Street side of the financial crisis. I had ended up reading about a third of the book in excerpts elsewhere, so I found Boomerang less compelling than its predecessor.
captkaty's review against another edition
3.0
This seemed slighter, in both size, scope, and ideas, than The Big Short, but still an enjoyable read. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on California.