One of my goals I set for myself on my twenty-fourth
birthday was reading a book a week. I am a little behind, moving twice
and finishing school put a damper on my plan. To help motivate myself to finish
books on time every week my new plan is to share my latest read with you on my
blog. I will read anything and everything and I would love your suggestions,
feel free to email them to me at kate@mountainfm.net.
Book 7: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street' by Jordan Belfort
When I started reading ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ I could not
put it down. Jordan Belfort’s tales from his life of wealth and abundance are almost
unimaginable for average people. I really enjoyed most of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’;
it did seem to drag on though. Typically books I read for my weekly reviews are
under 500 pages on my iPad and this bad boy was over 800 pages. Despite being
long the story continues to move and sometimes has to jump in time to keep
everything moving. My only real beef is that the story could have been
condensed more; some of the technical information could have been left out. I feel
like I learned a lot about trading, Swiss Banking and the SEC but would rather
have spent time hearing more about Jordan Belfort’s sexy escapades. I enjoy
hearing the perspective of both Jordan Belfort ‘the Wolf’ and Jordan Belfort
the loving father, sometimes it seems like his only redeeming quality is how
much he loves his children (and how generous he was with the money to the
people in his life).
Overall, I would recommend waiting for the movie if this
book interests you. I am really excited to go see the film adaptation (I made a
point to finish the book before seeing the movie). If you enjoy the film
consider investing in reading the book, I am sure it goes into much more detail
than the movie will.
Here is the film adaptations official trailer.
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