I enjoyed Ghosts of Manhattan and have passed it on to the high school to add to their reading shelf. Very interesting and surprising find. Would like to read more from Douglas Brunt. 3 stars from me!
My rating system is as follows:
5 stars - Excellent, Worth Every Penny, Made It Into My Personal Library!
4 stars - Great book, but not a classic.
3 stars - Good overall, generally well written.
2 stars - Would not recommend based on personal criteria.
1 star - Difficult to read, hard to finish, or didn't finish. Wouldn't recommend purchasing or reading.
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My rating system is as follows:
5 stars - Excellent, Worth Every Penny, Made It Into My Personal Library!
4 stars - Great book, but not a classic.
3 stars - Good overall, generally well written.
2 stars - Would not recommend based on personal criteria.
1 star - Difficult to read, hard to finish, or didn't finish. Wouldn't recommend purchasing or reading.
In accordance with the FTC Guidelines for blogging and endorsements, you should assume that every book I review was provided to me by the publisher, media group or the author for free and no financial payments were received, unless specified otherwise.
Nick Farmer is an aging wall street trader who is debating leaving his job but is having a hard time leaving his high salary behind. He hates his job (except for the salary), his marriage is falling apart, and the subprime mortgage crisis (which we see a glimpse of in the book which takes place in 2007) is about to explode. This is essentially the story of one man trying to save himself. The beginning of the book was the written version of the movie The Wolf on Wall Street - lots of overinflated egos, hookers and cocaine. It got tiring reading it all but the book got better when the story picked up and the characters developed.
