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Sarat posted a review at 2009-11-25 12:00:07.
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A theory. The author makes his point in the first 5 pages. And buries you with examples in the remaining 300 pages. I recommend that you read those 5 pages in a book store and skip the book. 
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-24 08:46:06.
(Language: English)
Its not captivating enough... i dont like it all that much....
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Rachel posted a review at 2009-11-23 22:38:43.
(Language: English)
I actually only read half of it. Even though some parts were interesting, I felt that the book was overly redundant, and I really couldn't get into this book at all.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-22 19:44:35.
(Language: English)
This is my first Malcolm Gladwell book, and I was able to move through the text rather quickly, which is a good thing. He employs some great anecdotes to support his argument. However, I didn't think that what he wrote was terribly innovative, and essentially boiled down what most people know already: it is possible to a) overthink things, b) instinct grows into experience, and c) the trouble is knowing the difference.
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Mangesh Joshi posted a review at 2009-11-22 08:50:06.
(Language: English)
its a book about the glimpses we make each day on various things but do not draw any conclusion from that this books helps in carving that skill
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Ian Goh posted a review at 2009-11-20 20:32:34.
(Language: English)
Left wondering whether to trust your instincts or not.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-18 13:07:50.
(Language: English)
Blink - The power of thinking without thinking as the name itself indicates, explores the hidden powers of out capability to make the right decisions and judgments at the spur of the moment without ones realization to it. He illustrates as to how this whole power of snap judgments actually work. Not only that, considering the fact that the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow pieces of incidents( thin slicing as Malcolm calls it) is automated, he also enlightens us on how there can be a way to master over this unconscious act. The book motivates us to go by our gut feeling but also it is highlighted that there can be dangers in doing so as our capacity to make snap judgments may not be always perfect. This is due to various factors that adds to the environment. I have always loved all Malcolm Gladwell's concepts. His ideas seem downright warranted and can be implemented pragmatically. He has supported his thesis with a number of researches as always but this time around, I personally felt that his study ranged on varied topics that were so numerous that the book lost its centre of gravity. The essence is hay wired eventually and one would end up feeling as having read only researches after researches. The point gets so extra highlighted that newness of his idea is ruined! The later part of the book where the author talks about mind reading also gets a little too elaborate. That is that, but it also gets a lot more technical when he speaks about the combination of face muscles to define certain moods which would have otherwise been sufficient to the readers had he not spoken about it the way he did to get the idea of what he was trying to convey. In the end yes, it gets a little monotonous to be precise. Nonetheless his ideas are fresh and that’s very much appreciative.
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Jennifer posted a review at 2009-11-17 22:48:35.
(Language: English)
Loved it!
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-17 13:14:51.
(Language: English)
Great book, full of insights about intuition and the brains ability to asses situations (correctly and wrongly) in a few seconds.
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Amit Agrawal posted a review at 2009-11-16 23:28:32.
(Language: English)
Good thought provoking book. Although the book could have been a lot shorter.
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