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A review by yosep
100 Simple Secrets of Successful People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It by David Niven
2.0
A terribly boring read.
Although the first few 'secrets' were quite agreeable, as I delved deeper into the book, I found myslef not just disagreeing with several of the 'secrets', but taking a long time to decipher what Niven has written.
This is the first time I have pondered about the editor and questioned the publisher while reading a book.
The writing is simply atrocious. Many of the sentences are made difficult to comprehend with unnecessary use of double negatives to illustrate points and also many of the examples and wrapping final paragraphs seemed to be linked extremely vaguely.
I wanted to stop reading half-way but persevered and ironically, I came across a 'secret', which is to stop doing something that is unprofitable at once, without worrying about not completing the task.
Although the first few 'secrets' were quite agreeable, as I delved deeper into the book, I found myslef not just disagreeing with several of the 'secrets', but taking a long time to decipher what Niven has written.
This is the first time I have pondered about the editor and questioned the publisher while reading a book.
The writing is simply atrocious. Many of the sentences are made difficult to comprehend with unnecessary use of double negatives to illustrate points and also many of the examples and wrapping final paragraphs seemed to be linked extremely vaguely.
I wanted to stop reading half-way but persevered and ironically, I came across a 'secret', which is to stop doing something that is unprofitable at once, without worrying about not completing the task.