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neonbuffalo's review against another edition
2.0
Poorly written and repetitive. Combine those two and it makes for arduous reading. I feel as though I read the same book 4 times over.
Dear Jesus,
Please don't allow Thomas Friedman to write version 4.0. If this happens I will consider that a sign of the Apocalypse.
Your BFF,
Noel
I'm so tired from laboriously reading this book that I can't even continue to discuss the awfulness that is this book. For a chapter or maybe even two I thought it was good, and then that chapter got longer and the words looked the same only with different sentence structures... you see how annoying it is when one says the same thing over and over...
If you must, read chapter 2 and you'll get the essence of his perspective.
Dear Jesus,
Please don't allow Thomas Friedman to write version 4.0. If this happens I will consider that a sign of the Apocalypse.
Your BFF,
Noel
I'm so tired from laboriously reading this book that I can't even continue to discuss the awfulness that is this book. For a chapter or maybe even two I thought it was good, and then that chapter got longer and the words looked the same only with different sentence structures... you see how annoying it is when one says the same thing over and over...
If you must, read chapter 2 and you'll get the essence of his perspective.
bengigone's review against another edition
4.0
Friedman’s account of globalization in the 21st century was an interesting read. Being as long as it was, it inspired me to start branching out into genres I’m not normally drawn towards. His final third regarding “unflattening” lost me, and while he had valid points regarding globalization’s effects on terrorism, I found myself struggling through the information. Happy to finish this one!
mcliz73's review against another edition
4.0
Extremely thought provoking, particularly as it was written before both Obama and Trump. In many instances his predictions are almost eerily on target.
rjkamaladasa's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as I expected. Same old same old. Learned a few things. Just not enough to give the book a better rating. Found myself skimming over (speed-reading) roughly half of the book.
kristianawithak's review against another edition
4.0
Favorite quote:
In china today, bill gates is brittney spears, in america today, brittney spears is brittney spreas. And that is our problem.
In china today, bill gates is brittney spears, in america today, brittney spears is brittney spreas. And that is our problem.
lozanos's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
aligrint's review against another edition
1.0
This book really sucked. There aren't many books that I've given up on halfway through, but this was one of them. He was either misinformed or uninformed the whole way through, and somehow it became a bestseller.
suzukabunny's review against another edition
5.0
I love this book. For me, Friedman investigative story turn motivational speech is really interesting and eye opening. Makes me realize I haven't reach my fully potential and need to compete against comrades and machines