This was a surprise for me, as I started reading this book with some misgivings. Most of the business "novels" I read has been pretty bad, but this one managed to catch my interest. Probably because it didn't try to be great literature (it wasn't) or tried to force-feed you some ideas (except that management consulting isn't straightforward, which I agree with).

In my opinion, the authors succeeded very well with their stated objective of getting the reader to understand management consulting from the viewpoint of a new MBA, on his firsts assignment. They succeeded so well, that I would be willing to purchase a follow-up, just to see how Justin, Livia, Ken and Vivek handles more assignments.

Oh, and if you're like me, you will probably be surprised to hear that you may in fact learn a thing or two from this book (surprised old, cynical, me, I can tell you).

All in all, not a groundbreaking book, but very well written and well worth the effort to read it.