Dave

This book doesn't go deep into how crypto works, but rather it tells you enough to have some idea of what's happening on a technical level. What the book really looks at carefully is the hubris of it all, the various characters and chaos that surrounded the crypto boom of the last few years. It is an engaging story, and it doesn't have a super satisfying ending (not the author's fault).

Not just a fascinating read

Also has actionable items to integrate into your life and helpful summaries. Tore through this book, but it has great summaries per chapter

I've read worse, but it was a pretty rambling reflection of what he had done with his kids and how he thought they'd turned out pretty sweet so you might want to absorb his wise ways.

It was hard to formulate a call to action in my life based on this meandering collection of stories. I do agree with a few of the more core principles, letting our kids fail more and try to do big adult things more so they learn how to operate independently is a recurring point to his anecdotes.

I did feel like the spinning of early U.S. history was a bit “good ol' days” leaning, but I wasn't as offended too much by that.

If you ever wanted to read a book that had a similar feel to say Goonies - quite a bit goofy, dorky but lovable heroes, epic quest for treasure while being doggedly pursued by bad guys - then I've got the book for you. I found the countless regurgitation of my childhood a bit much which is why I just “like” the book. The story is a feel good yarn, nothing really amazing happening in here. The story is a well-worn but loved one.

I'd give it somewhere between 2 and 3 stars. I find the characters a bit odd to believe in and I especially find it tough to believe that people would be convicted and hanged on some of the chain of reasonings supplied. In this one, the final bit to force a confession was more plausible than some of the other ones I've seen.

The story is about a student boarding house, and the various shenanigans that students engage in. Poirot gets a person killed by poking around and then it goes downhill from there. :)