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707 reviews for:
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures Reprint edition
Malcolm Gladwell, Malcolm Gladwell
3.75 AVERAGE
707 reviews for:
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures Reprint edition
Malcolm Gladwell, Malcolm Gladwell
3.75 AVERAGE
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
The book is immersive and quite opinionated for a non fiction piece . I know that's how journalism works but these aren't exactly thesis papers. There isn't any counterpoint. He passed by the skill of his words.
I love, love, loved this book! There were, of course, a few essays that I didn't enjoy quite as much, but over all, I'd say it's Gladwell at his best.
I'd felt, at times, that his other books (I've read Outliers and Tipping Point) felt like articles that had gotten out of control. These clearly don't have that issue. He gives you great insight into a huge variety of subjects while making it all so interesting that it's impossible to put down.
I'd felt, at times, that his other books (I've read Outliers and Tipping Point) felt like articles that had gotten out of control. These clearly don't have that issue. He gives you great insight into a huge variety of subjects while making it all so interesting that it's impossible to put down.
I always enjoy a Malcolm Gladwell read because I learn so, so much from him. I would love to have lunch with him sometime. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures wasn't my favorite Gladwell book simply because it was an anthology of his columns versus focusing on a single topic, like Outliers. I still feel as though I learned a lot. I listened to this book and Gladwell did a very good job reading his own work.
If you haven't read a Malcom Gladwell book, you are really missing out. He is one of my favorite authors and I have now read (and own) every book he has written. That all being said, this book was not my favorite by him. It is a collection of pieces he has written over the years for the New Yorker. I found some to be incredibly interesting, but not all. Also, some of the topics were extremely complicated, dealing with topics such as stock market investment strategies and the conflict in the Middle East...so sometimes I did get a little lost. But I always made it back! I think just about anyone could find worth and interest in the majority of broad topics covered in this book. My advice: If you haven't read a Malcom Gladwell book yet, start with a different one. If you HAVE read his work before and love him, you will not waste your time with this book either. :)
This consisted of assorted columns Gladwell wrote for the New Yorker. I read it not so much as a book, but as…assorted columns. I was always reading another book and, when I was in the mood, would read one or two chapters of this instead.
Malcolm Gladwell is just such an addictive non-fiction writer. I especially liked reading about ketchup, hair dye, and the comparison between mammograms and breast exams because they all analyzed how we use sense perception to tell us about the world, which is something I teach in TOK.
Always so interesting! I love how Galdwell can take pretty much anything (including ketchup) and draw fresh, intriguing, and thought provoking thesis's from it. He is an excellent writer that can spark my interest in things I have no prior knowledge of before and he also has a great talent of explaining these things in ways I can easily understand.
There is a reason this is one of the few non-fiction books I truly enjoy.
There is a reason this is one of the few non-fiction books I truly enjoy.
Really good!!! I literally don’t understand how he gets such diverse topics to come together to have a unified message? Obvi I’m no author but my brain could never function like that lmao. I liked talking w strangers more