I'm listening to the audio but love this cover so much that we're going to pretend I'm reading a paperback for the purposes of GoodReads. There is just something wonderful about the way Malcolm Gladwell reads his books. After enjoying David and Goliath it occurred to me that the library might have Gladwell's other books in audio ... and they did! FINALThe point of these pieces is to make you look at a topic through new eyes which is Gladwell's forte. The articles are all very interesting, as witness that there were two about Enron and I didn't skip them. My favorites were in section 1 which focuses on interesting people but all of them left me thinking about them afterward. I've read critiques that Gladwell doesn't tell us anything new but I don't know that "something new" is always required to make a piece of worth. Sometimes it is enough to get us to mull a topic over and see what connections it makes in our own lives. These definitely did that for me. I always enjoy a Malcolm Gladwell read because I learn so, so much from him. I would love to have lunch with him sometime. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures wasn't my favorite Gladwell book simply because it was an anthology of his columns versus focusing on a single topic, like Outliers. I still feel as though I learned a lot. I listened to this book and Gladwell did a very good job reading his own work.
Collected essays from the New Yorker. All at least interesting, some fascinating.
—Jenniferj0810
I have to admit I did not enjoy this one as much as his other books.
—hellojello
Nice set of essays by Malcolm Gladwell, but with varying quality.
—Rose
Liked every chapter.
—1234567
