Pratik
There are a handful of great insights in this book but Gladwell overexplains them. This is the classic "could've been a blog post" book. Nevertheless, I "read" the audiobook which was produced like a radio feature piece or an American Life-style fancy podcast episode so it made listening a pleasure.
Although he talks about racial issues, he never outrightly mentions the impact of race and class on how that influences how people talk to strangers. Also, the influence of authority figures (cops, doctors, professors, etc.) is ignored. I enjoyed the historical anecdotes (Hitler-Chamberlain & Castro-CIA) and the coupling insight when applied to suicides.
There are a handful of great insights in this book but Gladwell overexplains them. This is the classic "could've been a blog post" book. Nevertheless, I "read" the audiobook which was produced like a radio feature piece or an American Life-style fancy podcast episode so it made listening a pleasure.
Although he talks about racial issues, he never outrightly mentions the impact of race and class on how that influences how people talk to strangers. Also, the influence of authority figures (cops, doctors, professors, etc.) is ignored. I enjoyed the historical anecdotes (Hitler-Chamberlain & Castro-CIA) and the coupling insight when applied to suicides.