The Wolf of Wall Street |
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Jordan Belfort
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Pages: 518 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 034095373X
Pub: Hodder & Stoughton General
Pub date: 2008-02-07
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9824
Reader Reviews:
What a Fabulous Read (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is one of the best books I have ever read. Its laugh out loud funny, and, at the same time, terribly sad. My only disappointment was that there was a gap of a few years that he skipped over. Hopefully, that will be in the sequel.
Greed, power, drugs, but missing something (0/0 people found this helpful)
The book tells the story of Jordon Belfont, the "Wolf of Wall Street", a guy who seems to have made insane amounts of money in not strictly legal ways, and then blew as much as he could on drugs, boats, drugs, planes, drugs, prostitutes and, well... more drugs!
And that's pretty much the book, a retelling of how he spent his money, and how the drugs made him feel, before the final crash.
The thing is it missed what I find the most interesting thing in these sorts of books or films, the climb before the fall.
The book starts off with the young Jordon at his first day at Wall Street, flat broke and in awe of all the big-shots and money around him. The chapter ends by Jordon describing how, if you had told him then, he wouldn't have believed that in a few years time he'd employ most of his seniors, and own the posh restaurant he was having lunch in.
Great set up for how he did it, but it never comes. The book jumps straight to him being incredibly successful, with a raging drug habit! It misses what could have been a really interesting ride.
The rest of the book is tales of his debauched lifestyle and eventual re-hab, interesting enough, but there's just too much of it. You do feel a bit bored come the end, which seems to be slightly rushed.
All in all it's an OK read, but could have been so much better. Worth a punt if you've got a long journey and enjoy reading about someone's debauched life.
It's apparently being made into a film, in which case I think it's going to need some padding.
Terrible, returning it for a refund. (1/3 people found this helpful)
A complete waste of money, his writing style is hideous and his stories are boring and tedious to a degree I imagined impossible until reading the first few pages of this book.
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