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 enlarge | Authors: Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Rating:  862 reviews
Sales Rank: 14
Format: Roughcut
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1401323251
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.092
EAN: 9781401323257
ASIN: 1401323251
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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 the Last l ecture December 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
what a heartwarming book, It makes you reflect on your own life and prioritize,
Very Pleased! December 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was pleased with how quick I received my delivery, along with the perfect condition of the books. They are to be Christmas gifts and I can't wait for them to be opened!
Moving December 21, 2008
Randy Pausch's story did move me...His life lessons are insightful though not all new. The sincerity of the man facing imminent inescapable death is very touching - he's truly able to see himself objectively and he made me think my own last lecture and how I should lead my life.
His last lecture at CMU is fascinating - highly recommended. Please see it on Youtube -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
 A Good Attempt December 19, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
My parents gave me this book last Friday for my college graduation. I'm assuming that they meant for it to give me some kind of wisdom or inspiration as I moved from the college world into the real world. I admit that I hadn't heard of it much beforehand. I read a great deal, but I prefer to stick with fiction, so this book had never really made it onto my radar screen. I decided to read it mostly out of curiosity -and because I don't have any other books to read at the moment and I'm trying to stay away from bookstores before Christmas.
It's hard for me to approach this book because of its nature. Instead of telling of story, it includes a collection of personal anecdotes that are meant to leave the reader with nuggets of wisdom. Of course, if you don't get the "moral" of the anecdotes, there is an entire section of the book where the author creates a laundry list of inspirational wisdom that he feels is important for the reader to remember. I admit that it was difficult for me to get into the book because of this approach. It's not in chronological order (which bothered me somewhat), but was organized instead by topic.
I did feel sorry for the author though. Even though I never met him, he seemed like a wonderful person whose life was suddenly cut short by pancreatic cancer. Plus, I couldn't help but find some things in this book that mirrored my own life: mostly the connections between the author's semi-nerdy engineering personality and my boyfriend's semi-nerdy engineering personality. There were quite a few times in the anecdotal part of the book where I found myself smiling and even giggling out loud because the author's personality quarks reminded me so much of my boyfriend. This made the reading the book considerably more enjoyable.
However, once I got past the initial anecdotes, I got bored. I know that the book is only about 200 pages long, but it was too long. Getting through the second half of the book was excruciating. Trust me, I have plenty of patience to get through 600 page novels, but I could barely pull myself threw the second half of this book. It seemed like the author started to get repetitive with his advice, so much to the point that it wasn't fresh anymore and it felt well, overused and cliche.
Overall, this book is a great attempt. There were a few gems that I was able to mine out of it, but sadly most of the time I felt like I was just finding rocks and dirt. There are definitely some messages here that certain people need to hear, but I felt like I've heard most of it before. A good inspirational piece, but not a groundbreaking one.
I wanted to like it December 17, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was recommended to me by my doctor. I went out and bought it and read
it the same night. I wanted so much to like it. I felt so badly for the writer. He seemed
like such a decent man. And he had an amazing life. The advice or wisdom he wanted to
pass on didn't seem all that compelling. I wanted it to be, but simply found that part of
the book lacking. Still, you might find something in it. Which is why I gave it three stars.
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