I'm actually in your camp :). Reading SotNM wasn't so much more interesting for me and I'd exactly same thought why this book is so much talked about. May be it

I'm actually in your camp :). Reading SotNM wasn't so much more interesting for me and I'd exactly same thought why this book is so much talked about. May be its clever title? The thing is that I've seen this story played out few times over during my career and I invariably leave feeling "ok, so what's new? I could have written that book too.". May be its my lesser ability to appreciate art and leaning too much on consuming just facts. On the other hand I found Showstoppers amazing, gripping and very informative. The scale is very different and that kind of landscape isn't experienced by everyone frequently.