Blink by Malcom Gladwell
Interesting book with a lot of in depth case studies that really delve into the power of the unconscious part of the brain. I liked this one a lot more than Gladwell's previous book, The Tipping Point. He describes how our quick impressions define our view of other races, our view of who would be good to date, etc. Really a terrific and interesting study. Im listening to his next book now.
I agree. A really fun read. It helped me understand my own decision making better, particularly in my job. I should re-read it.
It's shameful how long this took me to read but I've been busy. I didn't find it to be the kind of book that lends itself well to short bursts, because of the broken up timeline, so I would only pick it up if I had an hour or more to really sink in.
Quite an experience though. Atwood is certainly of a higher caliber of writer than I'm used to. I don't mean the story telling or ideas (although those were terrific too) but the language and words. She seems to know what she's doing (I'm no expert but you can just kind of tell, can't you?). The book seems to have something to say about everything. Human nature, religion, torture, servitude, jealousy... you name it. Every chapter provided some new insight on some old topic. And the story itself is just so compelling. What a world!
I was surprised by the epilogue thing and still don't really know how to feel about it. I thought
her story ended so well. I wanted it to be over, it felt like the right time. The switch is so sudden and things become so clinical, I wanted to pretend it wasn't there.
Heavy, kind of brutal but riveting too, and rewarding. Like nothing I've read before.