realityinabox

It was an enjoyable read because Roose has an engaging, yet easy-going writing style, though the content was somewhat lacking. He admits himself multiple times that his "study" suffers from selection bias. It is likely that it was only the outsiders, the people who were likely to be more critical or to wash out that were willing to speak with him in such detail. It paints a somewhat biased picture of the life of young money.

He also admits (with anecdotes to back it up) that he became personal friends with many of the "subjects". Not that this is bad, per-se, but the book can't seem to figure out whether it is a full blown critique of Wall Street as a whole from an objective position, or if it is a memoir detailing how 8 of his buddies who were predisposed to have a shit time on Wall Street in fact had a shit time on Wall Street.

These issues aside, it was interesting, and parts were informative, especially the critique of the Wall Street recruiting process at the big name schools, Worth a read, if the subject sounds interesting.