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A review by xxlua
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
for whatever reason i didnt have high hopes for this book when i picked it up, but honestly the first few chapters were really insightful and thought provoking. i appreciated the sociological perspective this book offers.
towards the end of the book however, there were a few ideas that didnt really connect with me. i think the author’s understanding of autism is somewhat narrow. autism is a spectrum and to use blanket statements that all autistic people are ____ or all autistic people see the world ____ way .. simply isnt true. so the notion of police developing “temporary autism” in high pressure situations… eh …. it just didnt sit right with me. i think he could have found a better descriptor.
i wish the author could have taken this information and led us to some insight or conclusions at the end of the book but that didnt really happen either. overall not a bad book, but it could have been better.
towards the end of the book however, there were a few ideas that didnt really connect with me. i think the author’s understanding of autism is somewhat narrow. autism is a spectrum and to use blanket statements that all autistic people are ____ or all autistic people see the world ____ way .. simply isnt true. so the notion of police developing “temporary autism” in high pressure situations… eh …. it just didnt sit right with me. i think he could have found a better descriptor.
i wish the author could have taken this information and led us to some insight or conclusions at the end of the book but that didnt really happen either. overall not a bad book, but it could have been better.