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jamie_bibliotecaria 's review for:
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
by Malcolm Gladwell
There is not as strong a thesis here as in some of this other books; it feels like unrelated anecdotes strung together. But all the anecdotes are interesting. The chapter on campus sexual assault felt clunky and poorly thought out. The chapter on police brutality, centered on the death in custody of Sandra Bland, may have under-rated racism as a factor but its exploration of how police training leads them into inefficient and unnecessarily adversarial traffic stops that then have the potential to escalate fills in a piece of the puzzle that isn't getting much media attention.
And Gladwell is an engaging storyteller with a very listen-able voice, and I enjoyed the format of using his interview tapes rather than himself reading what other people said, and even of having court transcripts read by actors. Very immersive.
And Gladwell is an engaging storyteller with a very listen-able voice, and I enjoyed the format of using his interview tapes rather than himself reading what other people said, and even of having court transcripts read by actors. Very immersive.