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t_shaffner 's review for:
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I started this book and while the core idea of Antifragility was a useful, interesting concept, the book itself just felt like a slog. The author's open and assertive arrogance was entertaining enough in previous books to not be disruptive, but here it combined with the density of the material (and a sense that this density is not particularly well organized to help with understanding) to just make reading less interesting and fun.
It might be that my usual audiobook form just doesn't work here and it could be worthwhile sitting down with the actual book to read with a higher level of focus, but once one is sold on the core idea I'm not sure what more value comes from this.
Worth perhaps noting that the NYT review shared my frustrations (and then some) and the sense of disorganized or hard to follow material is apparently something the author did on purpose to force reviewers to read the book in its entirety. As someone whose more interested in reading to understand, that fact (which I just discovered) seems like a good validation to me of not reading further. I'll focus on those books whose authors are trying to help me understand rather than focusing on making it harder for reviewers to follow.
It might be that my usual audiobook form just doesn't work here and it could be worthwhile sitting down with the actual book to read with a higher level of focus, but once one is sold on the core idea I'm not sure what more value comes from this.
Worth perhaps noting that the NYT review shared my frustrations (and then some) and the sense of disorganized or hard to follow material is apparently something the author did on purpose to force reviewers to read the book in its entirety. As someone whose more interested in reading to understand, that fact (which I just discovered) seems like a good validation to me of not reading further. I'll focus on those books whose authors are trying to help me understand rather than focusing on making it harder for reviewers to follow.