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A review by chrisannee
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
5.0
Absolutely gripping. I love, love, love this book and all that it taught. Gladwell has a bare bones style that pulls you in. I love his point that he makes about Goliath and the other "Davids" and "Goliaths" from history.
Some people might argue that this destroys the biblical recounting of the event but, to me, it makes it greater! Not only did a lowly shepherd boy defeat a giant, with the help of and in the name of the God of Israel. But he, like most of us, might have assessed the giant falsely. And so it often is in life. We look at Giants and think that they are impossible to defeat. But, in reality, they have chinks in their armour that God knows all too well.
I truly believe that.
Some people might argue that this destroys the biblical recounting of the event but, to me, it makes it greater! Not only did a lowly shepherd boy defeat a giant, with the help of and in the name of the God of Israel. But he, like most of us, might have assessed the giant falsely. And so it often is in life. We look at Giants and think that they are impossible to defeat. But, in reality, they have chinks in their armour that God knows all too well.
I truly believe that.