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shahdhazem's review
3.5
So this is my first time reviewing a non-fiction book and I'll try my best to give you a brief honest review. I don't read non-fiction books at all like it's a no for me but my friend put me on the edge of the cliff and lent me this and was like read it so consequently I did and may I say this was a fairly pleasant experience. Obviously this book is targeting teenagers which is like from 13 till 16 year olds and I'm 18 so basically I've gone through everything this book talks about and already established my own ways and rules but if I'd have read this when I was younger I would have definitely liked it alot and I did like it now too. The author addresses different problems that faces both parents and teenagers alike in a funny, light and informative way. Absolutely loved his writingstyle and sense of humor. The book takes a bunch of common problems and explains them briefly in a scientific and social way. I loved the scientific part of this, the way he explains different functions of the brain and all it was just excellent which was expected as Dean is a neuroscientist so if it was anything less I'd have been really really disappointed. Coming to the social way, let's say he didn't have much luck in that area at least in my opinion. To be honest he disscused some topics in an excellent way and others just fell but that's completely normal and it wasn't that bad of a fall to make me not like the book so that's a point for him. At the end, do I recommend it? I absolutely does for it's target audience and even for bigger ones who want to have a look on how our brains and ideologies develop with age in a simple witty way! Definitely interested to read more books for the author which are more scientifically focused. Oh one last thing this book should've been a 4 star read but there were some content I didn't agree with so I took away a 0.5 which is fair in my opinion but that's it.
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