Friday, December 23, 2011

Book Review: The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture was at times insightful and at other times a long thank you letter to his wife and kids.

The first three-quarters of the book provided many interesting life anecdotes. Some of my favorites were: how influential the world of Disney was in his life, how he went about fulfilling many of his childhood dreams, and how his first football coach started his team's first practice without a football.

The last quarter of the book went on for too long about how great his wife and kids were. While commendable, I didn't feel it provided the reader with any information that would help him or her in their own life.

I was disappointed that the The Last Lecture did not contain a transcript or narration of Randy's lecture, thereby turning the book into a "behind the scenes" making of the last lecture.

In conclusion, I felt that while the book had much to offer at times, lacking the actual lecture left me dissatisfied.

1 comment:

SMS in Hindi said...

it was a 4 hr intriguing read....u may or may not get pumped up...but u'll gain something out of this....there were some really good insights abt attitude, communication and some some good anecdotes. worth a read!!!!!!