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sweeneysays's review against another edition
3.0
read for nf book club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rebeoMw13Q
kevenwang's review against another edition
5.0
Her language might impact readability for some. But the message is powerful
dahlreads's review against another edition
4.0
A fascinating exploration of how a transition to a digital culture will affect (and has already affected!) our deep reading skills, which consequently affects our critical thinking skills and our ability to empathize with others. Particularly interesting were the sections on what this means for children: how we can prime them for deep reading skills in those critical 0-5 years. Overall, this book has a hopeful outlook that hinges upon us as a society taking action to preserve deep reading / critical thinking before it’s too late. The solutions offered are feasible, provided we fight for it and pressure elected officials to make policies that will give more funding to schools and more funding for research.
dhillinck's review against another edition
4.0
A reader's book if ever there was one, "Reader, Come Home" rings the alarm bell and reminds us of the profound danger that the digital reading style poses to the more contemplative reading life many "good readers" cherish. Even the latter (even the author, for that matter!) find that we struggle to slow down and digest complex written material when, as has become ubiquitous, we are bombarded with stimuli of all kinds, including what might amount to 100,000 words (words alone, not images, etc.) per day. The author prescribes not the rejection of digital media (an acknowledged impossibility), but rather the intentional development of "bi-literal" readership, capable of transitioning between print and digital forms and drawing from each the information, knowledge and wisdom necessary for the preservation of a democratic polity.
smbcoffee's review against another edition
5.0
I loved learning about the science of reading and how our literacy skills interact with our digital usage. Very well written, challenging to me as I try to apply to my reading habits.
mikepqr's review against another edition
1.0
Mentions Nicholas Kristof, Bret Stephens, Sherry Turkle and Elon Musk approvingly. Cites a lot of fMRI results. Davis/TED talk thin gruel from another decade.
abbymoore06's review against another edition
3.0
This one was heavy... very scientific and detailed. I did pick up some lovely crumbs along the way about what happens to the brain when you read, but much of this book had me thinking about a problem with no real solution. It felt so negative, and while I understand her concerns, I'm not sure it is as bleak as she describes. Today's readers are finding refuge in some really meaningful books, even if the syntaxes are different than classic literature. There's still value there, but perhaps it's not the kind that can be identified on a brain scan.