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I love Chris Gardner's "up by your bootstraps/ overcoming adversity" story. It is real and raw and brutally honest. For adults, it's great but you will have trouble finding the movie in this book. That doesn't mean it isn't worth the read. It can't be used as a family read aloud because it contains too much foul language and sexual overtones for a family book. You would have to skip a lot of material. We did as a couple who does extensive driving and reads aloud to each other.


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The Pursuit of Happyness Chris Gardner Quincy Troupe 8601400418444 Books Reviews

Powerful book AND movie. highly recommended and this guy is an inspiration to us all. I may be biased coming from a poor childhood and working my way up the financial industry ladder myself but this should be a read for all.
To no surprise, there are differences in the book and what was in the movie; nonetheless; the message, the struggles and triumphs are real. I love the artistic writing style and personification of things such as done with the city of San Francisco. A must read for anyone. Looking forward to meeting him in July and getting him to sign this book.
When a movie based on a book comes out, I usually like to read the book beforehand. Which is why I haven't seen the movie yet, anyway, I finally get around to reading this book and am not disappointed. What amazes me about Mr. Gardner is his willingness to learn things and how quickly he learns them. That, paired with a tenacious desire to succeed is what propels him out of poverty. Granted, he made some poor decisions that contributed to his situation, but, we've ALL made poor decisions. He doesn't play the victim or make excuses, he takes responsibility, works hard despite adverse circumstances and with help from the kindness of others, he succeeds.
It is a fascinating and inspiring story that could have been told better. I think as much as two thirds could have been trimmed down and be better for it, there was far too much "telling" instead of "showing." The author is not a professional writer, but man narrating the story of his life, and it shows. It is still worth reading because the story itself is great.
Great book to read about what the American dream is and how it can be achieved through adversity. I watched the movie first and loved it but after reading the book, I hate the movie. They should have been more truthful on Chris's personality, they missed a lot of key aspects. I love that Chris didn't leave any of his mistakes he has made out. He doesn't portray himself as a great person, even though overall he is a great person and a good father.
Chris Gardner had a truly tough childhood, with few people to teach him how to be a good person. How he became the man he did is hard to under-
stand. The Pursuit of Happyness held my attention all the way through and left me wishing it didn't have to end. If we all could become such a person as he did, what a wonderful world we would all live in!
Chris Gardner seems like a nice guy, and I’m glad he overcame the poor and abusive childhood he had, but this book is poorly-written. Perhaps he needed a better editor. There is no sense of flow, or growth; rather it reads like a laundry-list of things that happened to him, often in a disjointed manner.

Chris feels like a passenger in his own life, whether it’s his retaliation against his childhood rapist, the collapse of his marriage, or the siring of his second child, these seem like things that happened to him, rather than things he did.

Perhaps the movie does a better job.
I love Chris Gardner's "up by your bootstraps/ overcoming adversity" story. It is real and raw and brutally honest. For adults, it's great but you will have trouble finding the movie in this book. That doesn't mean it isn't worth the read. It can't be used as a family read aloud because it contains too much foul language and sexual overtones for a family book. You would have to skip a lot of material. We did as a couple who does extensive driving and reads aloud to each other.