This book felt like one of those where you start reading a couple paragraphs and start understanding what you’re going to get out of the whole book. Quick stories making this a quick book to get through - often making me wish they went on just a bit more.

I get the idea of what this book was aiming at, but the execution was poor. Similar to ‘The Defining Decade’, this book attempts to answer the racing thoughts and worries of post grads to people in their mid 20s about what impact they can make while they are still young and full of energy and hope, but the execution was not clean. The mixture of biography and the writer’s thoughts on the subject were clunky; I would have introduced the subject THEN relay my thoughts on why this person is a great example of [insert characteristic], instead of the intermingling I was subjected to. Furthermore, the author could have dug deeper to provide an analysis or perspective that would not be so obvious to a reader after a precursor search answering, “where were they in life at 25, what put them in the history books, how did they do it?” The usual questions an elementary schooler needs to answer when writing a book report on an important figure.

Overall, this book could be better.

This was so close to being really good, but it fell a little flat. Would have liked a more modern take on things.

Thank you for NetGalley and Citadel Press for sharing an ARC with me, in exchange for my honest review.

I first want to say, this is not my typical read. This is not the kind of book I would just pick up, but being 25 I felt compelled to read this for inspiration.

The books perfectly captures how I, personally, view the thought of my future—daunting. I think pointing this out and realizing it is an issue frames the book and the look at the lives of known accomplished peoples.

I did not enjoy the introduction, which read like an essay introduction. It covered, in brevity, what the chapters would go on to cover. It just seemed useless and childish. As for the chapters, they gave good knowledge, paired with insight into applicability. Some of them I enjoyed more than others, but overall, they were interesting.

While I would not say this book is a must-read, I would recommend this to twentysomethings feeling lost or stuck. A solid 3.5 star book.

I really wanted to like this book, but I found it difficult to get through. I felt like it focused so much on the people they discussed and less about the implications of the people today. I thought it would be similar to the defining decade, but unfortunately not quite there.

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