"THE BILLIONAIRE'S GIFT" BY EDWARD IWATA

First of all, I would like to explain the reason for another long hiatus; I was extremely busy and suffering from serious writer’s block. Secondly, I haven’t really had access to the internet on my computer for a while now, which makes it kind of difficult for me to post anything.  As a matter of fact this review was supposed to have been posted weeks ago. So without further ado, here it goes.

“The Billionaire’s Gift” is a strange book. It’s strange to me because I don’t really know how I feel about it. The reason for that is partly because the majority of the book reads like one long introduction. He spends so much time introducing the characters; telling us their history, detailing life impacting moments in their past e.t.c while giving us bits and pieces of the story. This might be a style of writing other people enjoy, but I personally find it frustrating. That being said, the book tackles some important subject matter; the poisonous nature of greed and the vanity of pursuing the accumulation of wealth.

It tells the story of an old billionaire (of course) who reflects on his life and sees his whole life of chasing nothing but money as an absolute waste. He then tries to make the rest of his life mean something. It promised to be a good book, but I was sorely disappointed; partly because of the aforementioned long introduction and partly because I felt the story was too short. (This of course might have something to do with almost all the chapters of the book feeling like introductions!!)

This book is Edward Iwata’s first foray into non-fiction. I must admit I've read worse debuts. I wouldn't say it’s a bad book, it just whet my appetite for too long and became quite miserly on the main course in my opinion.

Disclosure of Material Connection:

Now I have to say this (seriously, I do): I received this book free of charge from the publisher and writer via the Speakeasy network, I'm not under any obligation to write a positive review and the views i have expressed are entirely my own. I'm writhing this disclosure in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255