laurelthebooks's review against another edition
4.0
100 concise and bite-sized facts (or opinions in some instances) that are helpful for anyone creating something a person will use.
I was a huge fan of two particular sections, How People Read and Interpret Information, and How People are Influenced by Stories. As a reader and a student of literature it was great to see scientific evidence of some of the 'facts' my teachers have reiterated to an English class. It was also a fun thing to smile at - after all, not just literature students make use of things like rising and falling action in a story or common plot tropes. I enjoyed her information dump about haptic feedback and digital reading as well.
Overall it was a fascinating book, and one I think I would love to hand to people and be like "Read #28! or #57!".
I was a huge fan of two particular sections, How People Read and Interpret Information, and How People are Influenced by Stories. As a reader and a student of literature it was great to see scientific evidence of some of the 'facts' my teachers have reiterated to an English class. It was also a fun thing to smile at - after all, not just literature students make use of things like rising and falling action in a story or common plot tropes. I enjoyed her information dump about haptic feedback and digital reading as well.
Overall it was a fascinating book, and one I think I would love to hand to people and be like "Read #28! or #57!".
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