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Laura (USA: IL) (2009/08/25):
I read this book before the movie came out and really shouldn't have. Although it clearly spells out why Mr. Nash won the Nobel Prize (it has to do with economic theory), I ended up not liking him so much that the movie disturbed me. The film whitewashed his calculated egotism to the extent that it was very easy to sympathize with his illness. The man in the book is hard to feel empathy for since he spent his entire life ignoring the feelings of the people close to him.So, while the film doesn't do justice to Mr. Nash's theory, it makes up for it by giving him humanity. Ms. Nasar's book is thorough and analytical of both theory and man.
Bonnie (USA: IA) (2009/10/24):
Terribly written. Instead of writing a readable story about John Nash, the author seems determined to include every minuscule detail about his life, his parents' lives, and his grandparents' lives. The story is bogged down in the details. You don't get to know John Nash; you simply find out facts about his life. That's not the kind of biography I can read or be interested in.
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