Great story of grit and ambition. Honestly really liked the middle to end parts - I thought the beginning was a bit dense. However, that density made sense because so much of Joe's life was a result of the way he was treated by his family. All in all a great book, at times dense and at times slow, but I praise it for it never had me flipping back a few pages to remember who someone was (which is my biggest plight of nonfiction).