The Wolf of Wall Street (Movie Tie-in Edition)

from rlangston

An awful book. Badly written, a protagonist with no redeeming features and too little focus on the mechanics of what he actually did. Perhaps because he never really understood it himself. Scores 1.5 because somehow I managed to read all 500+ pages.

from snibbs17

Couldn't really enjoy this book.

from knightlight777

One thing you have to hand Jordan Belfort, he is quite the self promoter. His books remind me a lot of Lance Armstrong's many promo books before his downfall. This book encompasses Belfort's odyssey through his drug drenched ride to fame and fortune while bilking thousands out of hundreds of mill...

from OscarWilde87

Jordan Belfort is a self-made man. Starting out with almost nothing and selling ice cream to pay for tuition, he soon realizes his knack for the stock market and gaming the system. Under his leadership, his brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont becomes both famous and notorious. Belfort, the Wolf of Wa...

from dudara

Jordan Belfort was living proof of the American dream in the heady days of Wall Street. Nicknamed the "Wolf of Wall Street", he lived in a fabulous mansion, with his beautiful wife and child, flew his helicopter, indulged in copious amounts of drugs, all while running a busy brokerage firm, Strat...