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krw31 's review for:
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us about Who We Really Are
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
I had a review all typed out, and then it went away, so I'm really hoping I'm not saying the same thing twice.
To be honest, I stopped just short of half way because the writing style started grating on me, and by that point I still didn't feel as though anything groundbreaking had been presented.
Specifically what annoyed me about the style is right there in the synopsis: "In this groundbreaking work, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a Harvard-trained economist, former Google data scientist, and New York Times writer, argues that much of what we thought about people has been dead wrong. The reason? People lie, to friends, lovers, doctors, surveys—and themselves." In other words. Here's a sentence. Question? Let me answer myself. My own example would be, "I stopped reading this book. The problem? It was a list of fun facts written in a really annoying style and I'm a small person who stops reading books because I don't like the way they sound in my head."
Probably would not recommend for that reason alone, but if you can get past the voice then I'd be interested to see what there is to get out of it.
To be honest, I stopped just short of half way because the writing style started grating on me, and by that point I still didn't feel as though anything groundbreaking had been presented.
Specifically what annoyed me about the style is right there in the synopsis: "In this groundbreaking work, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a Harvard-trained economist, former Google data scientist, and New York Times writer, argues that much of what we thought about people has been dead wrong. The reason? People lie, to friends, lovers, doctors, surveys—and themselves." In other words. Here's a sentence. Question? Let me answer myself. My own example would be, "I stopped reading this book. The problem? It was a list of fun facts written in a really annoying style and I'm a small person who stops reading books because I don't like the way they sound in my head."
Probably would not recommend for that reason alone, but if you can get past the voice then I'd be interested to see what there is to get out of it.