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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
3 reviews
zydecovivo's review against another edition
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
3.0
I learned about Malcolm Gladwell through his podcast, Revisionist History. Because of that, I prefer to listen to his books. This one in particular includes interviews, music, and recreated court scenes that I find helpful for keeping my attention. If you are coming into this blind, Gladwell has a way of writing and speaking that is very matter-of-fact and blunt. He intertwines history with personal interviews and studies to illustrate his points, which are usually out of the box or defy convention. He writes as if his answer is the correct, obvious, and logical conclusion. So if you disagree with his assessment of a situation, I can understand why it would be upsetting. This particular book covers some darker topics, such as police brutality, sexual assault, and suicide, and Gladwell’s characteristic tone doesn’t quite bring the empathy I think is needed to approach them. However, he does raise interesting points and provides new ways of thinking about how we communicate, how we trust or distrust, and how we think about others. The overall ideas are interesting and worth talking about, but if you are not in the right headspace to face some graphic descriptions of assault, put this off for a little while.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, and Medical trauma
saskiahill's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Gun violence and Alcohol
andrealac's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol
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