In this case, the odds seemed heavily stacked against Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, a book that tells women how to pursue ambition, become better leaders and balance work and life. Written by the COO of Facebook, it had been ravaged prior to its release by the few who read it and others who hadn’t. Yes, you read that right. There were some writers who were very angry at Sandberg for writing, amongst other attacks, “a vanity project,” and, it turns out, they hadn’t read it.