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The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons by Maricela Messner, Napoleon Hill
4.0
It is a very thought-stimulating, informative, life-changing book and I would definitely recommend reading it.
Napoleon Hill was definitely ahead of his time, some of the philosophical concepts that was mentioned in this book were things that I only heard of in the last couple of years. Unfortunately some facts (scientific or the value of money) is out of date which makes it a bit more difficult to understand as a 21st century reader.
I still love this book however, I feel like there were a lot short-comings to warrant it a 5 star. It is EXTREMELY repetitive, and although it is meant to be that way so the readers can remember the content, nevertheless I do feel its a bit too much. This book would so much better if it were about 300-400 pages, and will be an amazing guide for people starting up. 1100 pages seems a bit daunting! With the increased length I feel like some parts were unnecessary and didn't help make the point any stronger but rather weakens the argument (ie. chapter 14 about tolerance but spent big part talking about the ways to stop warfare - which I felt was a bit out of place). My last complaint is the manner in which the author deliver his evidences for the points he makes. He utilises rhetorics to name A LOT of examples, but does not go into depth in most of them and this sounds vague and superficial.
For people wanting to best assimilate the content from this book, I recommend reading it aloud, because it reads a bit like a lecture and being able to hear it will help you understand it better.
Napoleon Hill was definitely ahead of his time, some of the philosophical concepts that was mentioned in this book were things that I only heard of in the last couple of years. Unfortunately some facts (scientific or the value of money) is out of date which makes it a bit more difficult to understand as a 21st century reader.
I still love this book however, I feel like there were a lot short-comings to warrant it a 5 star. It is EXTREMELY repetitive, and although it is meant to be that way so the readers can remember the content, nevertheless I do feel its a bit too much. This book would so much better if it were about 300-400 pages, and will be an amazing guide for people starting up. 1100 pages seems a bit daunting! With the increased length I feel like some parts were unnecessary and didn't help make the point any stronger but rather weakens the argument (ie. chapter 14 about tolerance but spent big part talking about the ways to stop warfare - which I felt was a bit out of place). My last complaint is the manner in which the author deliver his evidences for the points he makes. He utilises rhetorics to name A LOT of examples, but does not go into depth in most of them and this sounds vague and superficial.
For people wanting to best assimilate the content from this book, I recommend reading it aloud, because it reads a bit like a lecture and being able to hear it will help you understand it better.