Безумният свят на спекулата, болката и разрухата: http://knigolandia.info/book-review/v...Няма как да напиша ревю само за книгата “Вълка от Уолстрийт” на Джордан Белфърт, защото не мога да отделя образите в главата си от тези във филма на Мартин Скорсезе. Няма и нужда – книгата и филмът се припокриват на поне 90%, като всички до една знакови сцени са налице, с леки вариации, основно в нормалното съкращаване в лентата. Следователно може лесно да решите дали книгата би ви допаднала – както вече беше проглушително огласено, действието съдържа изключително малко реално финансова информация, но е центрирано изключително около друсане, напиване, правене на идиотщини и семейни крамоли. Само че има едно но – в книгата вътрешният монолог на героят определено сочи, че това е път към падение, към рухване, към заличаване на всички стойности, на прекрачване на граници, които не бива да бъдат прекрачвани, защото тогава животът от рай лесно става ад. И ако мнозина видяха във филма възхвала на този начин на живот – чрез финансови спекулации и харчене на фантастични суми за всяка възможна глезотия, – то според мен книгата еднозначно описва падението на едно човешко същество до скот.Книги от Locus Publishinghttp://knigolandia.info/book-review/v...
First off, Jordan Belfort is a douchebag to beat all douchebags. The level of douchebaggery that he attained has never before been reached. I listened to the audio book and I'm not sure how the narrator could bring himself to even talk about these things without being ashamed. (The narrator, Bobby Cannavale did an excellent job; I think he was the part of the book that I liked the best.)All this book consists of is scene after scene of reckless living, snorting massive amounts of cocaine, (20 gram rocks), followed by the downing of quaaludes, Xanax, weed, and anything else he could get his hands on. Bring in a bunch of hookers, labeled as if they were stocks, the blue chips being the best. Toss in some opulence of the highest order, yachts, staffs of 25+ people kissing his ass, cars, airplanes and helicopters. All that together adds up to this book.This man has no respect for women, has barely any respect for anyone, really. He treats his wife like shit, he calls her the luscious duchess for most of the book. He has pet names for everyone and they got on my nerves. These scenes are intermixed with his horrible employees at his brokerage firm bullying people on the phone to buy, buy, buy. (I've read that the movie Boiler Room is loosely based on this douche.) Surprisingly, there was more of the douchebaggery that I mentioned above than there is of his illegal activities in the stock market. All that being said, I do have a slight respect for this man because he started off selling Italian ices on the beach during the summer to earn money. He is a self made man. That's the only good thing I have to say about the guy. Anyway, I was slightly fascinated with the level of debauchery achieved, and that was the only thing that kept me reading. In the end though, I was just not impressed. That sort of douchery doesn't make for much of a life and doesn't make for much of a book either. Maybe it makes for a good movie, I will have to see. Recommend for fans of debauchery at the highest levels.
What do You think about The Wolf Of Wall Street (2007)?
Because every book by millionaires is about their struggles to get there, I found this book refreshing because for once I don't get to read about someone's struggles but the debauchery that comes with the million dollars - a reality that a lot of millionaires try hard to keep under wraps. It's okay to be human, to be so consumed by money that you forget who you are because as humans we err, no one is perfect. I respect people that can own up to their bullshit than those who only talk about their struggles and act like they have never indulged in acts that society would frown upon because of their wealthy. I will read this book again and again. This guy lived his life to the fullest, the only sad thing is that he hurt people in the process but again we all do that but pretend to act like we are so pure when in the public space. We forget the mean names we have called our business acquaintances, friends and family and portray pictures of perfection and honestly fuck that because I would rather get drunk with an enemy than a pretentious family member or friend.
—Grace
I tried with this one but I had to stop before I finished. I just didn't care. I don't mind reading about an anti-hero but this guy does not think he's an anti-hero. He's an ass but throughout all of his antics is his bro humor. He's just so so impressed with himself. Also, it's just terribly written. He uses the word "loins" so many times. If I got a dollar for every "loins" I would have made a killing. I wonder if Jordan wrote this with a thesaurus nearby. He uses big words when not necessary. He says someone wears perfume insouciantly. I mean honestly . . . what the heck?
—Jenny
I bought this in hardback in 2007. I'll never know why it took me six years to finally read a book I over payed for. I should have saved my money, because owning this is a waste. I really didn't care for it at all. Basically, Jordan Belfort is every horrible Wall Street broker stereotype from the late 80's you can imagine, and this memoir is him retelling the period of his life that marks the seeds of his eventual downfall. This memoir was rare, in that I found myself hating him the deeper into the story I went. No one primarily involved in this book is a decent human being. It's all about excessive selfishness. Everyone was a drug addicted greed head, and all of their stories play out in the same way as every other self absorbed criminal's usually do (excluding every banking CEO from the later part of the last decade and two presidential administrations. They still get away with massive fraud.) By the end of it, I didn't feel better for his getting sober, or finally having to face up to his crimes. He never cared. He represented everything that was wrong with American greed, and was a painful reminder that the same type of criminals are still alive and well, getting paid by US citizens to commit their white collar crimes now. Unfortunately, Belfort will get the last laugh, because I'm sure he still lives well off of his ill gotten gains, and I contributed by purchasing the hardback like an idiot.
—Dustin Gaughran
