[A] charming, funny account ... looking back, Hutchison wouldn’t have changed a thing about the experience — and in this equally motivating and relatable book, that earnest commitment to learning and the thrill that accompanies even the tiniest achievement shows on nearly every page.
...funny and thoughtful ... It’s probably best that Hutchison avoids Luddite-style creeds: He is too good-natured for diatribes about iPhone alerts. Yet his exasperation keeps creeping back into the book, his desire to somehow banish the 'listlessness' that marks his Seattle life.
