BATB score: 3.45/10 🙄 By far the most confusing Murakami novels I have read; I comprehended like 34.5% of what Murakami is trying to communicate Best to: it's okay you can skip this one. I had to google "hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world explained" Best for: Murakami diehard fanclub devotee who has read at least >2 Murakami books prior to considering this book. His 'two books in one book' presented in alternating chapters back and forth signature written is the

BATB score: 3/10 🙊🗣🙉 *Reader discretion advised* Daniel Kahneman devotees, you are not going to like what I am about to say... Best to: Kahneman himself wrote in his book's introduction that it is advisable to skip part 3 & 4 of this 6-part book. How odd is that? What kind of good author writes a book that is so difficult to digest, too technical and too watery (not conveying any impactful learnings relative to the number of pages) and admittedly recommends readers to skip

BATB score: 3/10 💔 Written in 1984 and made into a movie in 1988 (7.3/10 IMDb) - probably hyped up as early times erotic novel/films Best as: other than the polygamous coitus chapters, the rest of the book may put you to sleep 💤 Best for: literature enthusiasts on classic writing styles and novelist's reflection of life then and there; Milan Kundera's freshness includes love affairs, the Soviet, oppression to conformity, living in exile, and (modern days relatable) so what'

BATB score: 3/10 😒 This book incorporates 28 interview with 28 global top leaders on their business strategic thoughts with Covid19. Interviews were conducted in 2020 so most leaders were still exceptionally optimistic. Best as: this book is like Where is Waldo? but Where is the point? kinda twist; mostly every interview has one key kicker comment that’s quotable, the rest is shit Best to: just read the last chapter (chapter 29 - last 9 pages) of the book at the bookstore; t

BATB score: 3/10 😡 *and this score is me being nice; unpopular book review alert* redundancy at it's best, he said, she said, same shit Best to: this book is like a consultant; thoroughly researched (did their homework), professionally written/presented (tactful), saying all the right things, but OMG they're just quotes, nice concepts, impractical, fake, and fluffy OK?! Best for: plenty of instagramable quotes - urgh, it's so fake, I can not. Honestly, I believe I tackle my

BATB score: 3/10 🐢 only business schools and leadership programs memorizes strategic principles eg. OGSM (objectives, goals, strategy, and measure statement) Best to: P&G is such a Gen X success story; Gen Z 'start-ups, ventures, hustles' can not really benefit from this book's do's and don't's Best for: CEOs of global FMCG/CPG conglomerates esp when you are in charge of setting business strategies from merger and acquisition deals, supplier negotiations, consumer-product in

BATB score: 3/10 💩 this book is.. bad... I wanted to kill myself Best to: extremely difficult to read and follow through; at times, talking about some insightful species, then trying to link those species learnings to modern day implications, and then closing each chapter with 'corrective lens' key takeaways that had nothing to do with what was discussed in the chapter Best for: try to finish this book without falling asleep, I challenge you! Best as: there are good bits in

BATB score: 3/10 ⌛️ yep, they both died at the end Best to: a great plot line about how you get this death day alert on the day you will die so that you could make the best use of <24 hours that you have; about reminiscing, regretting, and trying to fully max out the <24 hours that you have Best for: enthusiast of very slow novels 😴 Best as: actually, if Netflix makes a movie out of this and just touch on the futuristic ideas and social behaviours of death-cast calls, the La

BATB score: 3/10 🙄 Marshall Goldsmith latest 2022 book is a literary disaster. Best to: Marshall Goldsmith’s 2007 “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” was a hand down 10/10 life-changing perfectly-written masterpiece; 15 years later he disappoints perfectly with “The Earned Life” Best as: Marshall Goldsmith was trying to share his wisdom as a life coach but it was all over the place Best for: this book is as so bad that it was torturous to complete BATB lingering thought:

BATB score: 3/10 🙈 This book covers only one premise: pay attention to details / look objectively and carefully (that's about it) 👀 Best to: a thick-ass book with numerous examples repeating the same premise above; this whole book can be summarized into a one-pager or a 18-mins TedTalk BATB lingering thought: I hate the way this book is written. Reminds me of school where the teacher asks the class the extremely obvious annoying question "can anyone tell me what is in this

BATB score: 3/10 🐋 Best to: a PG13 introduction to the impact of global warming on nature’s marine life ; a reminder on how nature heals souls BATB lingering thought: I love the book’s cover, it’s sho prettay; and whales are sho elegantly beautiful 🐋 Best as: a children’s book but the child/parent must have the patience to read 300 pages est. 2 hours to complete the narrative Best for: if Mother Nature could talk, this book is her cry for help 🥹💔 Best quote: “Dear ocean f

BATB score: 3/10 🚀🧨 Best for: in one’s lifetime one should definitely read at least one Elon Musk book, this is not that one Elon Musk book that one should read; better to check out Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance [7.6/10 BATB] Best as: so interesting how writers capitalize on other people’s stories; I am sure Michael Vlismas is not giving any of this book’s proceeds to Elon Musk BATB linger thought: I hope this world have more Elon Musk, the crazy ones, who is insane enough to d

BATB score: 3/10 🫥 *reader discretion advised* Yung Pueblo’s way of writing is like a bunch of standalone bullet points formatted in paragraphs - statements after statements thrown at you - urgh Best to: it’s like you wrote this book for yourself Best as: the premise of the whole book could have been an e-mail Best for: this book titled “lighter” actually made me feel “heavier” BATB trying to be nice: okay, I do like the short poems (but those could have been an e-card) Best

BATB score: 3/10 🏞️ Best as: 30 individual chapters making 30 unique lessons on life, betting on a 50-50 coin toss chance on whether it would make sense (be a hit) for you Best for: BATB only likes 3 chapters > Loving the One You’re With, A Model Relationship, and How to Love Yourself; the rest meh; 3/30 = 10% hit rate for BATB Best to: okie here’s the plan, go to the bookstore, find the book, shuffle to the good chapters above, read it then and there, takes less than 10 min

BATB score: 3/10 😒 meh. Best as: a string of women across generations within the same family line who have all been a victim or a witness of sexual harassment from other men family members BATB lingering thought: difficult to love the characters and thus difficult to be moved by or feel for the book Best as: doubles as memory + attention-to-detail test as there are ~10 character stories that intertwine ♾️ Best to: if you have not read any of Gregg Olsen book, read “If You Te

BATB score: 3/10 🫥 Best as: okay. I am done with Matt Haig fiction. Best to: good storyline about a alien on a mission on earth; earth’s stranger’s point of view of humans; yet, very wordy and slow narration Best for: the chapter “Advice for a Human” concluding 97 advices for humans was sweet Best quotes: “Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.” “Dark matter is needed to hold galaxies together. Your mind is a galaxy. More dark t

BATB Score: 3/10 🥀 *reader discretion advised* BATB truly dislike fantasy (romantic?) fiction - ugh cringe; will not be continuing on the route to complete all 5 series - byeeee Best as: Amazon Q3’24 top 10 most read fiction books; so might as well give it a try as a true book enthusiast Best to: the first 300 pages was so slow and boring BATB score 0/10; the last 100 pages, wasn’t too bad but wasn’t that great either Best for: damsel in distress meets beauty and the beast m

BATB score: 3/10 📝 *reader discretion advised* BATB doesn’t think BATB has enough patience for Japanese authors - may we never meet again Best to: seriously 20+ pages just for the stationary shop owner to greet the first arriving customer hello 🫠 Best as: introduction to a stationary store: the pen, the different pens, the paper, the different paper, the ink, the seal 🖋️🔖💌 Best for: heartfelt short stories they say, heart burn slowest burn short but long stories I say

BATB score: 3/10 😡 oh my god shut up please Best as: a white entitled american auntie repeating “Let Them” 850 times and “Let Me” 575 times BATB lingering thought: I am going to Let Her write and love this book; and I am going to Let Me complaining about it on BATB. The chapters on finding love were exponentially cringey. Best to: search Mel Robbins on Instagram and watch maximum 3 reels [one for the core Let Them theory, one for the Friendship theory (proximity, timing, ene

BATB score: 3/10 ⌛️ Best to: this book on “time” is a waste of time Best as: Chris Guillebeau is a weakling Best for: too basic for valedictorians, IVY league graduates, wartime leaders, all-star employees, and asians BATB lingering thought: your best excuse to say no to anything is “No, thank you. I’m going to die one day.” Best quotes: “You feel regretful about the past, uncertain or hesitant about the present, and apprehensive of the future.” “If everything’s important, no