Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by rollerskater
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win by Maria Konnikova
3.0
I don't play poker, but it was still interesting. If you play poker or other serious card games, I recommend it. I would have given it 3 1/2 stars but...
She writes very long sentences. I found myself mentally diagramming ("OK, the verb that goes with this noun is...wow, that far downstream."). There's a sentence on p. 64 that takes up 7 lines, contains 3 long dashes, and has an entire quoted sentence inside the sentence.
It's in present tense. This style annoys me. I suppose authors use it to try to give the impression that it's all happening Right Now How Exciting You Are There. But I don't think this can be justified: "[T]he year before, I FIND myself in Barcelona during a terrorist attack that puts our casino on lockdown." Or this: "I GET a few decent pairs. I'd like to tell you what, exactly, they ARE, but my brain WAS so busy ... I'VE forgotten them."
She writes very long sentences. I found myself mentally diagramming ("OK, the verb that goes with this noun is...wow, that far downstream."). There's a sentence on p. 64 that takes up 7 lines, contains 3 long dashes, and has an entire quoted sentence inside the sentence.
It's in present tense. This style annoys me. I suppose authors use it to try to give the impression that it's all happening Right Now How Exciting You Are There. But I don't think this can be justified: "[T]he year before, I FIND myself in Barcelona during a terrorist attack that puts our casino on lockdown." Or this: "I GET a few decent pairs. I'd like to tell you what, exactly, they ARE, but my brain WAS so busy ... I'VE forgotten them."