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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
68 reviews
jake36d's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Rape and Suicide
fkshg8465's review against another edition
1.0
He's a great storyteller, but to me, that's all he is. I find him lacking in critical thinking and full of biases in his writing. I find this dangerous because other people may go along without giving it much thought, precisely because he is a great storyteller. I'm so frustrated by his conclusions that have little or no basis. I'm sure he researched everything, and presenting facts is fine, but when he draws conclusions on those facts without backing any of it up or without having demonstrated any logic behind it, I get mad.
I find him dangerous because he leads people to his conclusions without room for doubt when he uses words like, “obviously” to jump to a conclusion that may or may not be logical and in some cases are clearly biased by western outlooks (I see it as the equivalent of mental grooming). In one chapter, he shows a picture of a face he thinks is clearly angry, but in actuality, it can be just as easily interpreted as a confused or frustrated face. Yet, because his standards of correctness is his own interpretation, and because the rest of the argument as based on it, the critical logic falls apart for me.
I also hated that he put rape on trial. Women and victims have a hard enough time being believed, and with his dangerous way of presenting, he’s now given people more reasons to doubt.
One of my own triggers is the police epidemic in the US, and I didn’t appreciate his past treatment of this topic in the other books I’ve read by him, especially because he’s half Black. He seemed to lack sensitivity, and it angered me. He did better in this book, but I hated his treatment of trying to understand Brian Encinia from page one. I admit my own anti Gladwell biases popped up over and over again while reading the book and that it probably was a better book than it felt like for that reason. I only read this book because it was on a must-read list. Never again. Even if just to preserve my own mental health. This man triggers me more than the topics in his books. Henceforth, he’s banned from my future reading list!along without giving it much thought because he is a great storyteller. I'm so frustrated by his conclusions that have little or no basis. I'm sure he researched everything, and presenting facts is fine, but when he draws conclusions on those facts without backing any of it up or without having demonstrated any logic behind it, I get mad. he uses the same examples from book to book. Where’s his originality??
I find him dangerous because he leads people to his conclusions without room for doubt when he uses words like, “obviously” to jump to a conclusion that may or may not be logical and in some cases are clearly biased by western outlooks (I see it as the equivalent of mental grooming). In one chapter, he shows a picture of a face he thinks is clearly angry, but in actuality, it can be just as easily interpreted as a confused or frustrated face. Yet because his standards of correctness is his own interpretation, and because the rest of the argument as based on it, the critical logic falls apart for me.
I also hated that he put rape on trial. Women and vocations have a hard enough time being believed, and with his dangerous way of presenting, he’s now given people more reasons to doubt.
One of my own triggers is the police epidemic in the US, and I didn’t appreciate his past treatment of this topic in the other books I’ve read by him, especially because he’s half Black. He seemed to lack sensitivity, and it angered me. He did better in this book, but I hated his treatment of trying to understand Brian Encinia from page one. I admit my own anti Gladwell biases popped up over and over again while reading the book and that it probably was a better book than it felt like for that reason. I only read this book because it was on a must-read list. Never again. Even if just to preserve my own mental health. This man triggers me more than the topics in his books. Henceforth, he’s banned from my future reading list!
Graphic: Antisemitism, Pedophilia, Rape, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide, War, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Violence
cartermon4's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, Death, and Police brutality
Moderate: War and Racism
Minor: Deportation
Audiobook was an interesting experience- added audio and sounds make it more involved.saskiahill's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Violence, Self harm, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence
k_ro's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship
dafni's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Police brutality
lindsayvale's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Police brutality and Suicide
Moderate: Violence
nbeckham's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Torture, Sexual assault, and Suicide
antireading's review against another edition
1.25
The section on Jerry Sandusky and Brock Turner was gross. He treated CIA operatives who invented torture tactics with more care than victims of rape. He seemed to outright disbelieve the victims of Sandusky and chalk up Turner's rape to a "miscommunication" due to alcohol. He calls most sexual harassment on college campuses miscommunications due to alcohol and hazy rules of consent, while also acknowledging that 1 in 5 female college students report being sexually harassed. He also says the problem is equally with the men raping and the alcohol. Alcohol is a large chunk of the book for no apparent reason as it doesn't tie into the main Sandra Bland storyline like other issues do at the end. I wasn't interested in hearing excuses for a man raping an unconscious woman, but apparently, women should have known better.
The medium of an audiobook was interesting as Gladwell aimed to make it a high-quality podcast. That fell short when I had issues understanding snippets of the audio from various types of recording equipment, age of recordings, accents, and speeds of talking. I found myself just drowning out those snippets, especially when listening in the car, as the jumpiness of quality was too distracting. I feel like the description, while it technically does describe what happened, didn't really feel like the book as I was getting into it. It was very much interconnected stories but I thought those points would be briefly brought up, not dedicating whole chapters to it.
Graphic: War, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Classism, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Rape
Minor: Vomit and Child death
artsandcraftsmajor's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Death, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse