ali1311 's review for:

You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen

4.5

challenging informative reflective

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I think this book blew my mind a little bit. It's of course to be taken with a grain of salt, and considered in the context of the time it was published, but I think a lot of it still holds up. The research was presented in an accessible and interesting way, and I appreciated the use of books/movies to assess conversation. I think I'm just really into linguistics and the ideas that language can tell us so much about cultural patterns. This was a great book to delve into that, especially with something as discussed/contentious as men and women's communication.