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It's an improvement on the first book. The characters that were already introduced are more rounded and the new ones are original and interesting. The plot is also less contrived. Somehow I'm still not able to give 4 stars. I was not taken enough by the reading, but it was a close one definitely at least a 3.5. I look forward to read the next in the series.
It's an improvement on the first book. The characters that were already introduced are more rounded and the new ones are original and interesting. The plot is also less contrived. Somehow I'm still not able to give 4 stars. I was not taken enough by the reading, but it was a close one definitely at least a 3.5. I look forward to read the next in the series.
Some potent writing here. Overall the book is a study on the strength of the rules and conventions of modern society and the quality of the prose is outstanding and many many aspects of interpersonal and group relationship are in evidence. I also like that the setup of the book is written in a very tense way that would make you feel scared and powerless like you were reading a book from Stephen King. But then the book evolves through his many themes, while telling a coherent stories, in which heroes behave like normal persons, that means that they are not always seizing every opportunity to show their value and bravery. Great style, great story, maybe some stereotyping here and there, or maybe it's just that I don't want to accept that some common human traits are true...
Some potent writing here. Overall the book is a study on the strength of the rules and conventions of modern society and the quality of the prose is outstanding and many many aspects of interpersonal and group relationship are in evidence. I also like that the setup of the book is written in a very tense way that would make you feel scared and powerless like you were reading a book from Stephen King. But then the book evolves through his many themes, while telling a coherent stories, in which heroes behave like normal persons, that means that they are not always seizing every opportunity to show their value and bravery. Great style, great story, maybe some stereotyping here and there, or maybe it's just that I don't want to accept that some common human traits are true...
Some potent writing here. Overall the book is a study on the strength of the rules and conventions of modern society and the quality of the prose is outstanding and many many aspects of interpersonal and group relationship are in evidence. I also like that the setup of the book is written in a very tense way that would make you feel scared and powerless like you were reading a book from Stephen King. But then the book evolves through his many themes, while telling a coherent stories, in which heroes behave like normal persons, that means that they are not always seizing every opportunity to show their value and bravery. Great style, great story, maybe some stereotyping here and there, or maybe it's just that I don't want to accept that some common human traits are true...
Some potent writing here. Overall the book is a study on the strength of the rules and conventions of modern society and the quality of the prose is outstanding and many many aspects of interpersonal and group relationship are in evidence. I also like that the setup of the book is written in a very tense way that would make you feel scared and powerless like you were reading a book from Stephen King. But then the book evolves through his many themes, while telling a coherent stories, in which heroes behave like normal persons, that means that they are not always seizing every opportunity to show their value and bravery. Great style, great story, maybe some stereotyping here and there, or maybe it's just that I don't want to accept that some common human traits are true...
Taken one by one all this little stories are ok, but as a fragmented story I found this book confused with no apparent reasons and the society is described through large numbers if trivialities and stereotypes.
Taken one by one all this little stories are ok, but as a fragmented story I found this book confused with no apparent reasons and the society is described through large numbers if trivialities and stereotypes.
The cast of characters in the book is very colorful and interesting, and the prose and mastery of language are just great. At the same time, I found the book excessively over the top, based on the premise that all the characters are stupid and incapable of having a conversation or make any decision that makes sense, or even remotely listening to each other. This makes the book the literary equivalent of a Mel Brooks movie and it is just not that funny. The overall tone is a little condescending, like if the secret of human nature eludes most of the society apart from few literate blessed people.
The cast of characters in the book is very colorful and interesting, and the prose and mastery of language are just great. At the same time, I found the book excessively over the top, based on the premise that all the characters are stupid and incapable of having a conversation or make any decision that makes sense, or even remotely listening to each other. This makes the book the literary equivalent of a Mel Brooks movie and it is just not that funny. The overall tone is a little condescending, like if the secret of human nature eludes most of the society apart from few literate blessed people.
The cast of characters in the book is very colorful and interesting, and the prose and mastery of language are just great. At the same time, I found the book excessively over the top, based on the premise that all the characters are stupid and incapable of having a conversation or make any decision that makes sense, or even remotely listening to each other. This makes the book the literary equivalent of a Mel Brooks movie and it is just not that funny. The overall tone is a little condescending, like if the secret of human nature eludes most of the society apart from few literate blessed people.
The cast of characters in the book is very colorful and interesting, and the prose and mastery of language are just great. At the same time, I found the book excessively over the top, based on the premise that all the characters are stupid and incapable of having a conversation or make any decision that makes sense, or even remotely listening to each other. This makes the book the literary equivalent of a Mel Brooks movie and it is just not that funny. The overall tone is a little condescending, like if the secret of human nature eludes most of the society apart from few literate blessed people.
Calmly funny and sweet, this is an enjoyable collection that looks at a lot of aspects of day to day life, including american stereotypes in an elegant and transporting way. Definitely a big improvement from “Naked”
Calmly funny and sweet, this is an enjoyable collection that looks at a lot of aspects of day to day life, including american stereotypes in an elegant and transporting way. Definitely a big improvement from “Naked”
Calmly funny and sweet, this is an enjoyable collection that looks at a lot of aspects of day to day life, including american stereotypes in an elegant and transporting way. Definitely a big improvement from “Naked”
Calmly funny and sweet, this is an enjoyable collection that looks at a lot of aspects of day to day life, including american stereotypes in an elegant and transporting way. Definitely a big improvement from “Naked”
There are a lot of good things in this book, but overall, it is not well written. There's an incredible amount of repetition and redundant content. The author is clearly a great researcher but not a gifted writer, but he should have partnered with someone who can actually write a book like this in an interesting way, like Malcolm Gladwell
There are a lot of good things in this book, but overall, it is not well written. There's an incredible amount of repetition and redundant content. The author is clearly a great researcher but not a gifted writer, but he should have partnered with someone who can actually write a book like this in an interesting way, like Malcolm Gladwell
There are a lot of good things in this book, but overall, it is not well written. There's an incredible amount of repetition and redundant content. The author is clearly a great researcher but not a gifted writer, but he should have partnered with someone who can actually write a book like this in an interesting way, like Malcolm Gladwell
There are a lot of good things in this book, but overall, it is not well written. There's an incredible amount of repetition and redundant content. The author is clearly a great researcher but not a gifted writer, but he should have partnered with someone who can actually write a book like this in an interesting way, like Malcolm Gladwell
This is a short and warm novel. The story is delicate and imaginative. I wouldn't call it great, but certainly very good.
This is a short and warm novel. The story is delicate and imaginative. I wouldn't call it great, but certainly very good.
This is a short and warm novel. The story is delicate and imaginative. I wouldn't call it great, but certainly very good.
This is a short and warm novel. The story is delicate and imaginative. I wouldn't call it great, but certainly very good.
First reaction: what a huge pile of pretentious c**p. Far fetched examples and theories delivered in an overly patronizing way without any basis. I'm sure some book has been influential, but given the explosion of self-help and self-improvement (good and bad) material now available, this book has not added anything. And the constant religious undertone does nothing to reduce the preachiness...
First reaction: what a huge pile of pretentious c**p. Far fetched examples and theories delivered in an overly patronizing way without any basis. I'm sure some book has been influential, but given the explosion of self-help and self-improvement (good and bad) material now available, this book has not added anything. And the constant religious undertone does nothing to reduce the preachiness...
First reaction: what a huge pile of pretentious c**p. Far fetched examples and theories delivered in an overly patronizing way without any basis. I'm sure some book has been influential, but given the explosion of self-help and self-improvement (good and bad) material now available, this book has not added anything. And the constant religious undertone does nothing to reduce the preachiness...
First reaction: what a huge pile of pretentious c**p. Far fetched examples and theories delivered in an overly patronizing way without any basis. I'm sure some book has been influential, but given the explosion of self-help and self-improvement (good and bad) material now available, this book has not added anything. And the constant religious undertone does nothing to reduce the preachiness...
I couldn't get into it. The story is nothing special and I don't know why this book is well considered. The characters are pretty thinly defined and there's no consistency in their behavior, other than acting stupidly all the time.
I couldn't get into it. The story is nothing special and I don't know why this book is well considered. The characters are pretty thinly defined and there's no consistency in their behavior, other than acting stupidly all the time.
I couldn't get into it. The story is nothing special and I don't know why this book is well considered. The characters are pretty thinly defined and there's no consistency in their behavior, other than acting stupidly all the time.
I couldn't get into it. The story is nothing special and I don't know why this book is well considered. The characters are pretty thinly defined and there's no consistency in their behavior, other than acting stupidly all the time.
The author used a narrative structure that is very convoluted and I couldn't really get captured by it. So my attention, reading this book, has been in and out, wondering why reading a book must also be a chore in keeping track of names and timelines. Having said that, the story is pretty dark and very few characters have any redeeming qualities. It is so bleak that it begs the question of what is the point of it.
The author used a narrative structure that is very convoluted and I couldn't really get captured by it. So my attention, reading this book, has been in and out, wondering why reading a book must also be a chore in keeping track of names and timelines. Having said that, the story is pretty dark and very few characters have any redeeming qualities. It is so bleak that it begs the question of what is the point of it.
Pretty strong novel. The characters are deep and fun, the story is intriguing, the setting well defined and the ending unpredictable. Gillian Flynn knows how to write and I fully enjoyed this one.
Pretty strong novel. The characters are deep and fun, the story is intriguing, the setting well defined and the ending unpredictable. Gillian Flynn knows how to write and I fully enjoyed this one.
This is a very imaginative book and maybe it can be defined as an epic. The story is sweet, with a decent mix of sad and uplifting moments. Most of the characters are well defined and have their own reason to be and are not only living in the shadow of the heroes. Well done!
This is a very imaginative book and maybe it can be defined as an epic. The story is sweet, with a decent mix of sad and uplifting moments. Most of the characters are well defined and have their own reason to be and are not only living in the shadow of the heroes. Well done!
The first part of the book is cute and just a little sappy. The the book turns to a manipulative unrealistic melodrama. Only for Hallmark movies aficionados. Too bad because the author can write well.
The first part of the book is cute and just a little sappy. The the book turns to a manipulative unrealistic melodrama. Only for Hallmark movies aficionados. Too bad because the author can write well.
The first part of the book is cute and just a little sappy. The the book turns to a manipulative unrealistic melodrama. Only for Hallmark movies aficionados. Too bad because the author can write well.
The first part of the book is cute and just a little sappy. The the book turns to a manipulative unrealistic melodrama. Only for Hallmark movies aficionados. Too bad because the author can write well.
In many ways I consider this an important and deep book. Having battled with introversion and shyness for all my youth and having learned to accept these traits as fundamental to my personality while being extremely grateful of how my life turned out, it was very interesting how more complex things can be and to see clarified some concepts that were maybe already in rough form in my head. It was also fun to see how some things described in the book may apply to me or to people I know.
On the other hand, the book is pretty uneven. The author has a bias in proving her thesis that makes her analysis of cases a little unbalanced going deep on some concepts and barely mentioning others. Also, as a Silicon Valley resident, I strongly believe that she totally missed on the deep problematics of the Cupertino school system and that she only touched on the aspects of a very complex situation that were instrumental to her paradigm.
Finally, even though my kids are loud extroverts, I found the chapters and suggestions about parenthood, very helpful and well written.
In many ways I consider this an important and deep book. Having battled with introversion and shyness for all my youth and having learned to accept these traits as fundamental to my personality while being extremely grateful of how my life turned out, it was very interesting how more complex things can be and to see clarified some concepts that were maybe already in rough form in my head. It was also fun to see how some things described in the book may apply to me or to people I know.
On the other hand, the book is pretty uneven. The author has a bias in proving her thesis that makes her analysis of cases a little unbalanced going deep on some concepts and barely mentioning others. Also, as a Silicon Valley resident, I strongly believe that she totally missed on the deep problematics of the Cupertino school system and that she only touched on the aspects of a very complex situation that were instrumental to her paradigm.
Finally, even though my kids are loud extroverts, I found the chapters and suggestions about parenthood, very helpful and well written.
Of course I saw this book everywhere, but I never read it because the title put me off. I imagined some list of sly tricks to con people. I was wrong, the book is very compassionate and never crosses the line of good ethics. The simple concepts are well explained, and while I will not “work on the program” I'll try to apply at least some of the ideas.
The book shows a little bit its age, most modern self help books will try to use a little bigger dataset and scientific papers to justify the thesis, while Carnegie paradigm is a lot more based on anecdotal evidence, but it almost never sounds false or far fetched (while for example the 7 habits of highly effective people is a very gratuitous book, in my opinion).
Good and positive read, it doesn't invite you to change anything in your deep convictions and values, it just invites you to be a little more positive in practical, relatable ways.
Of course I saw this book everywhere, but I never read it because the title put me off. I imagined some list of sly tricks to con people. I was wrong, the book is very compassionate and never crosses the line of good ethics. The simple concepts are well explained, and while I will not “work on the program” I'll try to apply at least some of the ideas.
The book shows a little bit its age, most modern self help books will try to use a little bigger dataset and scientific papers to justify the thesis, while Carnegie paradigm is a lot more based on anecdotal evidence, but it almost never sounds false or far fetched (while for example the 7 habits of highly effective people is a very gratuitous book, in my opinion).
Good and positive read, it doesn't invite you to change anything in your deep convictions and values, it just invites you to be a little more positive in practical, relatable ways.
Of course I saw this book everywhere, but I never read it because the title put me off. I imagined some list of sly tricks to con people. I was wrong, the book is very compassionate and never crosses the line of good ethics. The simple concepts are well explained, and while I will not “work on the program” I'll try to apply at least some of the ideas.
The book shows a little bit its age, most modern self help books will try to use a little bigger dataset and scientific papers to justify the thesis, while Carnegie paradigm is a lot more based on anecdotal evidence, but it almost never sounds false or far fetched (while for example the 7 habits of highly effective people is a very gratuitous book, in my opinion).
Good and positive read, it doesn't invite you to change anything in your deep convictions and values, it just invites you to be a little more positive in practical, relatable ways.
Of course I saw this book everywhere, but I never read it because the title put me off. I imagined some list of sly tricks to con people. I was wrong, the book is very compassionate and never crosses the line of good ethics. The simple concepts are well explained, and while I will not “work on the program” I'll try to apply at least some of the ideas.
The book shows a little bit its age, most modern self help books will try to use a little bigger dataset and scientific papers to justify the thesis, while Carnegie paradigm is a lot more based on anecdotal evidence, but it almost never sounds false or far fetched (while for example the 7 habits of highly effective people is a very gratuitous book, in my opinion).
Good and positive read, it doesn't invite you to change anything in your deep convictions and values, it just invites you to be a little more positive in practical, relatable ways.
Cute stories, interesting read.
Cute stories, interesting read.