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1 review for:
How to Date a Foreigner: Why Do They Behave So Differently and How to Navigate It
Sylvia Halter
5.0 AVERAGE
1 review for:
How to Date a Foreigner: Why Do They Behave So Differently and How to Navigate It
Sylvia Halter
5.0 AVERAGE
It's a good book that contains a lot of information about dating. A lot of these things I never even thought about.
It's a very informative book, however an issue I have with it is that it relies on anecdotal evidence a lot. The start of the book said something along the lines of "To ensure it is an enjoyable read for everyone, statistical insights are kept to a bare minimum.". That really rubbed me the wrong way, why wouldn't people be able to understand insights?
They described a lot of situations of 2 cultures dating, but I don't know how much of it is just personal differences and how much is actually caused by the cultures. I want to trust the book but its lack of data backing up the facts means I have to take its word for a lot of things.
As I'm writing this review the book is still a work in progress, so I hope they will address these issues to make a better book that's reliable and can be referenced by other books. Since they interviewed a lot of people, simple statistics like "60% of people we interviewed from x country agree that this is how they do it" would already make the book a lot more fact-based, as well as mentioning potential biases like the types of people they interviewed/didn't interview. The stories and examples should really only be used for illustrating the differences, not as a proof.
It's a very informative book, however an issue I have with it is that it relies on anecdotal evidence a lot. The start of the book said something along the lines of "To ensure it is an enjoyable read for everyone, statistical insights are kept to a bare minimum.". That really rubbed me the wrong way, why wouldn't people be able to understand insights?
They described a lot of situations of 2 cultures dating, but I don't know how much of it is just personal differences and how much is actually caused by the cultures. I want to trust the book but its lack of data backing up the facts means I have to take its word for a lot of things.
As I'm writing this review the book is still a work in progress, so I hope they will address these issues to make a better book that's reliable and can be referenced by other books. Since they interviewed a lot of people, simple statistics like "60% of people we interviewed from x country agree that this is how they do it" would already make the book a lot more fact-based, as well as mentioning potential biases like the types of people they interviewed/didn't interview. The stories and examples should really only be used for illustrating the differences, not as a proof.