Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness is painstakingly thorough. The saying: "It's all in the details" could've easily been instigated by this astounding piece of work. Better yet, encyclopedia. The level of meticulousness does have its downside: boringness. Although his life wasn't uneventful, it—being his post aviation years—can be rather dull due to Hughes relentless refusal to learn from his mistakes. Bound to repeat himself, he masterfully does so, until his death. There is one adage in the book which aptly compresses the 627 pages into a single line: "Same baby, different diaper." The diaper—consisting mostly of deceptive, political, and corporate diarrhea—was too much for me to handle. Although I read every line, I couldn't suppress my frustration regarding its legislative nature. Unconsciously I dozed off. I never imagined money, greed, and the legal system could be so intertwined. Yet I was wrong. My disappointment by the lack of scientific thinkers in governments has been reinforced once again.

Objectively, as previously stated, this is an impressive book. One that without a doubt many people rightfully love to read. Subjectively, it was tedious, because of my disinterest in law. A tl;dr for the second half would have sufficed.