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ericas_reads_ca 's review for:
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
by Malcolm Gladwell
A bunch of neat case studies people should know. I didn't feel they were as cohesive as he thought he made them. Still no real prognosis from the thoughts- just things aren't always what you think.
One point that annoyed me, was the Stanford rapist chapter. I'm wondering if it would have been different if he read Know My Name. It came out the same month, so he maybe didn't have that extra information. Or maybe that extra information directly from her would make a bias, as his book shows, not sure. One thing, he kind of uses alcohol as an excuse, but what really annoyed me was he quoted from her victim statement, but did not include the passage where she says alcohol is not the excuse, other people at the party were drunk and they didn't rape her. I felt not speaking to this specific statement was a complete cop out given the chapter's willingness to say alcohol makes people act differently. Though at least he noted that what Brock told police that night and what he testified to was completely different.
One point that annoyed me, was the Stanford rapist chapter. I'm wondering if it would have been different if he read Know My Name. It came out the same month, so he maybe didn't have that extra information. Or maybe that extra information directly from her would make a bias, as his book shows, not sure. One thing, he kind of uses alcohol as an excuse, but what really annoyed me was he quoted from her victim statement, but did not include the passage where she says alcohol is not the excuse, other people at the party were drunk and they didn't rape her. I felt not speaking to this specific statement was a complete cop out given the chapter's willingness to say alcohol makes people act differently. Though at least he noted that what Brock told police that night and what he testified to was completely different.