The Art of Conversation

Ugh the tone is all over the place, she has numerous quotes and anecdotes and many of them aren't really relevant and it feels like padding and/or name dropping —showing off in poor taste. I struggled through the introduction and she's not someone I'd want “have a beer with”. I felt like rolling my eyes. I did not enjoy when she talked about herself.

I've had this book for a good while, I was so looking forward to it and I thought it would be nice accompaniment to my other Language/linguistics book I've been reading recently. However, the writing - or perhaps it's the editing - is poor. Who is her audience? What is her purpose? Because it sounds like she's trying - and failing - to impress me AND come off as self deprecating. She comes off as desperate, stuffy, awkward, disorganized...