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I wanted to like this book

55 points by beefman 8y ago

minimaxir 8y ago
Relevant context: Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos filed for divorce today. (that Amazon Reviewer is indeed her account; if you check the history you'll see reviews from 2001) https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/09/jeff-bezos-announces-divorce-mackenzie-bezos-after-years-together/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/09...
- gpm 8y ago
  Further context: Note that the date on the review is 2013.
  - matte_black 8y ago
    Any context on why it was posted damn near 6 years ago and no one noticed??? Edit: I guess they did
    - ronilan 8y ago
      4,276 people found this helpful
    - minimaxir 8y ago
      From the number of this-is-helpfuls and comments, I assume people did notice.
    - davidw 8y ago
      I read the comment back then because it actually got a lot of attention. Read the book too, and appreciated it shedding some light on Bezos who - especially at the time - was not nearly as well known as some other tech bigwigs like Gates and Jobs.
    - traek 8y ago
      People did notice. http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/04/entertainment/la-et-jc-mackenzie-bezos-amazon-review-everything-store-20131104 http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/04/entertainment/la-et-... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/10426865/Wife-of-Amazon-founder-Jeff-Bezos-posts-one-star-review-of-husbands-biography.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/10426865/Wife-... https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/nov/05/mackenzie-bezos-one-star-amazon-review-book-jeff https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/nov/05/mack...
  - minimaxir 8y ago
    Right, but it's the reason she is popping up in the news lately.
todipa 8y ago
“As our family and close friends know, after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends,” What does loving exploration mean?
- matte_black 8y ago
  Searching deep in oneself for the love that once existed.
  - pen2l 8y ago
    Oh boy, it hurts me when you put it like that, no matter who it is who is searching for that
  - baxtr 8y ago
    Actively searching in some cases and simply waiting and hoping in other cases
    - matte_black 8y ago
      Some will never find it, they’re all too busy looking.
- toufiqbarhamov 8y ago
  Anyone who has been through a bad divorce, as a spouse, child or friend of a spouse will know what it means. It’s the difference between trying to find a way to change a relationship in a way that allows for it to continue, and something acrimonious. A lot of divorces are pretty ugly, often involving infidelity, loss of interest or financial troubles. Sometimes though, people just find that they’ve (to use a popular metaphor) grown apart. Two and a half decades brings a lot of life experience and change to a person, and it can be that a couple finds they’re no longer romantically compatible even if they still love each other. I take this statement then to mean, at face value, that this is a mutual decision being made after attempts to salvage the relationship have indicated a need for change. Of course people also lie to put the best spin on things, but in this context I can only speak to the statement itself, not its veracity.
0898 8y ago
Tl;dr - This is an Amazon review of a book about Amazon, by the founder of Amazon's wife.
- warent 8y ago
  Off topic, but the wording of your sentence amusingly sounds like the book was written by the person that founded the wife of Amazon.
waffle_ss 8y ago
Counterpoint - "I did like this book" by an early Amazon employee https://amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3J863C5ZP53BA https://amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3J863C5ZP53BA
- pl1234 8y ago
  co-founder, not just early employee

55 points by beefman 8y ago

Relevant context: Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos filed for divorce today. (that Amazon Reviewer is indeed her account; if you check the history you'll see reviews from 2001) https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/09/jeff-bezos-announces-divorce-mackenzie-bezos-after-years-together/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/09...

gpm 8y ago
Further context: Note that the date on the review is 2013.
- matte_black 8y ago
  Any context on why it was posted damn near 6 years ago and no one noticed??? Edit: I guess they did
  - ronilan 8y ago
    4,276 people found this helpful
  - minimaxir 8y ago
    From the number of this-is-helpfuls and comments, I assume people did notice.
  - davidw 8y ago
    I read the comment back then because it actually got a lot of attention. Read the book too, and appreciated it shedding some light on Bezos who - especially at the time - was not nearly as well known as some other tech bigwigs like Gates and Jobs.
  - traek 8y ago
    People did notice. http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/04/entertainment/la-et-jc-mackenzie-bezos-amazon-review-everything-store-20131104 http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/04/entertainment/la-et-... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/10426865/Wife-of-Amazon-founder-Jeff-Bezos-posts-one-star-review-of-husbands-biography.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/10426865/Wife-... https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/nov/05/mackenzie-bezos-one-star-amazon-review-book-jeff https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/nov/05/mack...
- minimaxir 8y ago
  Right, but it's the reason she is popping up in the news lately.

todipa 8y ago

“As our family and close friends know, after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends,” What does loving exploration mean?

matte_black 8y ago
Searching deep in oneself for the love that once existed.
- pen2l 8y ago
  Oh boy, it hurts me when you put it like that, no matter who it is who is searching for that
- baxtr 8y ago
  Actively searching in some cases and simply waiting and hoping in other cases
  - matte_black 8y ago
    Some will never find it, they’re all too busy looking.
toufiqbarhamov 8y ago
Anyone who has been through a bad divorce, as a spouse, child or friend of a spouse will know what it means. It’s the difference between trying to find a way to change a relationship in a way that allows for it to continue, and something acrimonious. A lot of divorces are pretty ugly, often involving infidelity, loss of interest or financial troubles. Sometimes though, people just find that they’ve (to use a popular metaphor) grown apart. Two and a half decades brings a lot of life experience and change to a person, and it can be that a couple finds they’re no longer romantically compatible even if they still love each other. I take this statement then to mean, at face value, that this is a mutual decision being made after attempts to salvage the relationship have indicated a need for change. Of course people also lie to put the best spin on things, but in this context I can only speak to the statement itself, not its veracity.

0898 8y ago

Tl;dr - This is an Amazon review of a book about Amazon, by the founder of Amazon's wife.

warent 8y ago
Off topic, but the wording of your sentence amusingly sounds like the book was written by the person that founded the wife of Amazon.

waffle_ss 8y ago

Counterpoint - "I did like this book" by an early Amazon employee https://amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3J863C5ZP53BA https://amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3J863C5ZP53BA

pl1234 8y ago
co-founder, not just early employee