A review by jaclynday
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time by Maria Konnikova

3.0

There is a lot of nonfiction in this vein that could ultimately be a longform article or blog post and still convey key points. Identifying common threads among con artists and the scams they run is an encouraging topic. 352 pages of it? Too long. This topic calls for a brisk, tight edit. To make matters worse, it read like someone composing Wikipedia summaries instead of writing from inherent knowledge of the topic.