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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
[a: Deborah Tannen|44018|Deborah Tannen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1202437774p2/44018.jpg] is a careful researcher and a good writer. However, this can often lead into books such as this one, which only document obvious commentary about the ways that men and women talk. Still, it's fun to read.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Dry but very interesting
Read this for an anthropology class in college... fun and interesting...
Worth it for the literal transcriptions of conversations between three-year-olds alone.
This book was not what I expected -- I expected more suggestions on how to talk to members of the opposite sex than analysis of their communication patterns. I didn't finish it because I wanted to read some fiction, but I might come back to it.
Possibly my favorite textbook in undergrad. (And I majored in engineering, not anthropology.)
Tannen describes the differences in how men and women communicate...networking versus hierarchy systems. She doesn't advocate change, but rather understanding and adjustment to each other's style. A lot of authors rode the wave of books on this subject and some were definitely more sincere and academic than others. I would recommend this one. I liked the author's approach of appreciating the differences.
I forgot how trite this book was. It's not wrong, I suppose, but way, way too reductionist.