A review by alexinilkka
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell

2.0

I am so happy to see so many other low star reviews. I am usually a fan of Gladwell's, and a devoted listener of his podcast. When he released one chapter of this book as a podcast episode, I was so intrigued. Reading the book in full was so disappointing. I came away from many of his takeaways of recent scandals thinking "I thought he was better than that". It felt like the singular thesis of the book (the search for the truth) lead Gladwell to make some very disappointing and narrow-minded points. His new approach to creating the audiobook was engaging, but not enough to reduce the more disheartening contents of the book.