The Pursuit of Happyness

I love this story. It shows me that no matter how bad things can seem it is your choice on how you handle things. He chose to make the most on what he hadand continue to strive for what he and his family deserved, and his hard work paid off. It takes a strong man to accomplish all that he has from where he had come from.

There are only very few instances where the movie is as good as the book. In my opinion, this is one among them. Milwaukee native Chris Gardner had to face some of the most formidable hurdles in life to become a successful person. The author vividly delineates it in this book. Chris Gardner’s au......more

I liked the story, but the writing left something to be desired, I think... and (don't hate me) there were aspects of Gardner's personality that came out in his book that made him a little bit less of a likeable character for me. Not that I didn't respect what he did or how he helped himself and his......more

Chris Gardners ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ is surprisingly not your usual feel-good, decent, role-model kind of a book. It is a book that is brutally honest, bad and bloodied in its language and breathtakingly realistic in its approach. For those of you who have seen the movie with the same name star......more

This book was not what I expected. The two expectations I had when starting this book were: 1. That it would mostly be the same story as told in the movie with a few changes that were made for cinematic effect - (like no Rubik's cube, no night spent in the subway bathroom, and no showing up for the in......more

I rushed to read this before seeing the movie. Surprisingly, I preferred the movie. While I was deeply moved by Gardner's life and accomplishments, a great writer he is not. I had recently read the Glass Castle (MASTERFULLY TOLD) and this did not measure up. Unfortunately, the childhood accounts are......more