Patrick G
Really accessible treatment. Found this through a stackoverflow recommendation and I'm glad I did. Parts are a little dense for what claims to be a “non-rigorous” book, but overall really approachable. Also the cover art is sick.
Short and light, pretty nice as far as memoirs go. I wish I could describe or even really understand what it is I like about Murakami's writing.
Part autobiography, part motivational self-help – basically the script to a commencement speech. Arnold is definitely a legend and he knows it. His advice is reasonable, if a bit (ok, maybe more than a bit) driven by boomer-era masculinity and self-reliance. Overall it works for me: His candor, wit, and charm (“I still want my money back for those accent-removal classes”, lmao) make it hard to not feel a little inspired.
