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The Bomber Mafia: A Tale of Innovation and Obsession by Malcolm Gladwell

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bknight16's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

2.75

Yeah I didn’t love this, at all. Maybe it just wasn’t my interest? But I had hopes because of the way Gladwell writes that I may find enjoyment in it because his style is so engaging…
I was not really engaged.
It read well, if not a little ‘over quoted’ but we’re dealing with historical events so I understand.
I enjoyed some of the questions he asked and I did enjoy parts of it - especially towards the end.
This could certainly be more of a me issue than the book but I just didn’t enjoy it?
I felt it was clearly concerning a matter of huge interest to Gladwell but that interest didn’t necessarily translate to me.
I think he’s an incredible story teller, with amazing influence in his writing but this one wasn’t for me.

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thelibraryskeeper's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I heard about this audiobook from Startalk - they shared a video with Malcolm and I had to go check it out immediately. I grew up not far from the airforce base discussed in the book and I had never heard of the bomber mafia. This book was incredibly informative. It was also incredibly emotional.

I have to admit I took stars off because this is supposed to be a scholarly approach and towards the end the book had some religious references that felt out of place and jarred me from the topic at hand.

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