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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
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This book has something for everyone, which also turns out to be it's greatest weakness. For the most part, Gladwell's writing style keeps the interest, but some of the articles are worth skipping.
Some articles have aged poorly, some are still relevant, and others are interesting to reflect back upon.
It's a great book if you struggle to focus on a long narrative, as each chapter reads like it's own little book or podcast episode
Some articles have aged poorly, some are still relevant, and others are interesting to reflect back upon.
It's a great book if you struggle to focus on a long narrative, as each chapter reads like it's own little book or podcast episode
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail
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This collection of Gladwell’s New Yorker articles is an excellent compendium of varied topics. As a Gladwell fan in both his writings and Revisionist History podcast, this book was great to see his earlier work in short form that paved the way for his current efforts. Many of the stories are timeless and informative. This is a great book to be able to pick up and put down in reading over a longer period.
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A bit dryer than his more well known stuff. A lot of essays on business.
Enjoyed most of it, but skipped a lot of the articles of no interest to me. The John Rock article was probably the favourite of the whole book. I like his writing to an extent, except for his repetition. Not bad, nothing amazing.
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Very interessting. I have heard about his books for years but this is the first one I have read. I love the randomness of the stories. Who would ever think to write about ketchup?
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Malcolm Gladwell is an incredibly talented writer as these short pieces demonstrate.
He writes about the fascinating Cesar Millan and his dog-whispering talents, the failure of large organisations to foresee disasters, why and how people choke or panic under pressure, how intelligence agencies can get it wrong, and so many other frailties and quirks of human nature and its consequences.
An entertaining collection.
He writes about the fascinating Cesar Millan and his dog-whispering talents, the failure of large organisations to foresee disasters, why and how people choke or panic under pressure, how intelligence agencies can get it wrong, and so many other frailties and quirks of human nature and its consequences.
An entertaining collection.
The short essay format suits Gladwell better.
Loved the essays especially the last part (part 3)
Loved the essays especially the last part (part 3)
3 stars
A collection of articles - inherent to any collection, some were better than others. Some really good ones like What the Dog Saw and some of the later articles but the first few were honestly not very good. I thought the preface was really lovely and had me really excited to read this. Nice to see little vignettes that were incorporated into his later books. Anyhow it was a decent listen but wouldn't recommend going out and reading the whole thing unless you're also looking for a passive read.
A collection of articles - inherent to any collection, some were better than others. Some really good ones like What the Dog Saw and some of the later articles but the first few were honestly not very good. I thought the preface was really lovely and had me really excited to read this. Nice to see little vignettes that were incorporated into his later books. Anyhow it was a decent listen but wouldn't recommend going out and reading the whole thing unless you're also looking for a passive read.