Painful to Read - See the Movie Instead!

I had seen A Beautiful Mind, the movie, and I absolutely loved it! Since the book is usually better than the movie, I decided to read the book. This was one book I could not get into. Don't get me wrong, I did read the entire thing but it was unbelievably painful. The author went into so much detail concerning mathematical theories that I was lost through most of the book. I actually started to skip over those parts entirely until I could pick up again where the book re-focused on John Nash's life. I suppose you can't really write a biography about John Nash without including the theories but, it lost me most of the way. I would rather see the movie any day! If you can deal with all the talk about theories, then this is a good book. Otherwise, skip the book and watch the movie.