Jun 08, 2021rebho1wt rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A fun read showcasing the rich and wild lifestyle of one of the most famous stockbrokers of all time. More a life story of drug addiction than a look at wall street and the finance sector.
May 30, 2020TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The Wolf of Wall Street is a fictional book exploring a story of wealthy businessman Jordan Belfort who's the CEO of an investment firm. By the daytime he makes thousands of dollars a minute and then throws those thousands of dollars on…
A memoir on the life of Wall Street criminal Jordan Belfort. I watched the movie made by Martin Scorsese and was interested in seeing more of Jordan Belfort. This book is a more detailed version of the movie and unlike the movie has some…
Dec 19, 2016JOSEPH SARDO rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Picked up the book as a follow-up to the movie, which I enjoyed. I read about the first half and then just decided to skip to the closing chapter or so. Got a little repetitive (I get it, you were a bad businessman, a bad person, tried to…
Apr 04, 2016bakkerdavid rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
A collection of crass anecdotes barely held together by a story line that exists only because he was caught.
Belfort wishes that he had the movie's screenwriters as his actual ghost writer.
A very accessible read, but at the cost of…
This would've been a great book of fiction, except it was a true story. Someone actually lived this life. Amazingly interesting, sad, funny, graphic, detailed, well told and written. I haven't seen the movie but it wouldn't matter, it's…
Oct 04, 2014rpavlacic rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
An insider's view at how stock prices are rigged, and numbered accounts and transfer pricing has made a mockery of tax collection. What is really shocking is how the author was literally a bird on a wire with his alcohol and drug…
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Sep 27, 2014ambrosianyc rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book was absolutely awesome.....It demonstrates that a person can have a unlimited amount of money and their lives can be in total shambles
A patron review from the Adult Summer Reading Game: "This autobiographical memoir was a fascinatingly narcissistic read. One of those stories where you're continually vaguely offended yet enthralled. I really could not believe that a…
Jun 30, 2014jmenitsch rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book is very different from the movie of the same name. I saw the film version first so had certain expectations for the book. The same thing happened with "Goodfellas" also directed by Scorsese. In both cases, the books were…
Sep 26, 2013mariednguyen rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
For a book that’s supposed to be a mea culpa, Belfort has very little to say about the investors that Belfort and his brokers hurt. Early in the book, he claims that Stratton Oakmount targeted only wealthy, qualified investors; that claim…
Feb 21, 2011persymona rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Too long - rambles on about personal and drug escapades. Very little on how he built Stratton or what motivated him to do the things he did. Could have been written better and more informative.
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The Wolf of Wall Street