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A review by rbruehlman
Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections by Ashley Pallathra, Edward Brodkin
3.0
I don't like self-help books and I am burnt out on psychology books for the foreseeable future. Have a policy of reading all books I own, so ... finally reading this book I bought several years ago it was.
This was an easy read and went by quickly, which was a relief after How to Make Friends and Influence People. However, I don't feel like I learned anything. It suffered from the exact reason I don't like self-help books--nothing was earth-shattering. I mean, yeah, we could all stand to be more "attuned," as these authors call it, but the benefits thereof aren't surprising. I guess maybe this book might be useful for someone with alexithymia or anger issues as a reminder of what to do and how to achieve it? I didn't feel like the target audience particularly. Ironically, despite not liking How to Make Friends and Influence People, I actually felt like that book was more practically useful than this one.
I was actually kind of disappointed because Brodkin is an autism researcher and says in the beginning of the book came to the idea of writing a book about social attunement because he posits many autistic people struggle with exactly that concept... but that's all he ever said about autism after that. I guess that's a me thing since I find autism interesting, though.
This was an easy read and went by quickly, which was a relief after How to Make Friends and Influence People. However, I don't feel like I learned anything. It suffered from the exact reason I don't like self-help books--nothing was earth-shattering. I mean, yeah, we could all stand to be more "attuned," as these authors call it, but the benefits thereof aren't surprising. I guess maybe this book might be useful for someone with alexithymia or anger issues as a reminder of what to do and how to achieve it? I didn't feel like the target audience particularly. Ironically, despite not liking How to Make Friends and Influence People, I actually felt like that book was more practically useful than this one.
I was actually kind of disappointed because Brodkin is an autism researcher and says in the beginning of the book came to the idea of writing a book about social attunement because he posits many autistic people struggle with exactly that concept... but that's all he ever said about autism after that. I guess that's a me thing since I find autism interesting, though.