Nov 30, 2023malainapaige rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I had to read this book for school like I’m sure many others did, and I really didn’t hate it. I think it’s hard to summarize but this book explores many real life situations that deal with those who are “underdogs.” I found that the…
Feb 26, 2023kiml00 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This started out strong with some very interesting look at situations where advantages and disadvantages appeared to be obvious but actually is the opposite. I started to lose interest towards the last third portion of the book and can’t…
Dec 15, 2022donaldbk rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Heard about the book on the Netflix documentary: Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?, and so decided to give it a read….. been informative so far, gets you thinking about life & perceptions of others….
Jan 13, 2022Uncle_Red_Dog rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I haven't read this book yet, although I'm a bit of a fan of Malcolm Gladwell already, based on having read a couple of his other books, so I will give it a go.
What's puzzling to me is how other reviewers keep describing it as…
Oct 18, 2021NiaVerma rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I had to read this book for my English class and to my surprise, it wasn’t difficult or boring at all. I actually enjoyed this book quite a lot because the way that Gladwell delivered his knowledge was smooth and easy. Gladwell did a great…
Sep 07, 2021lilbitnerdy rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I didn't like this one near as much as some of the others he's written. There were some interesting points and stories, but it felt like it was dragged out for length.
So...if you are familiar with stories and research around pressure,…
Jun 22, 2021arapahoekbarton rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
David and Goliath is one of my favorite nonfiction books of all time! I thought that Outliers was a little discouraging, like if you're not in the right place at the right time with 10,000 hours to practice something, you're sort of outta…
Oct 09, 2020carolwu96 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
“We spend a lot of time thinking about the ways that prestige and resources and belonging to elite institutions make us better off. We don’t spend enough time thinking about the ways in which those kinds of material advantages limit our…
Sep 30, 2020TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
David and Goliath is a nonfiction book by Malcolm Gladwell. In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell analyzes the puzzling ways that weak can defeat strong, that David can defeat Goliath. Through well written examples Malcolm Gladwell…
Feb 21, 2020JMPerkins rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
A meandering tour of well crafted, interesting, but somewhat thin anecdotes (and accompanying interpretations) on the theme of asymmetric challenges and conflicts (and how to win them). I perhaps would have rated this higher had I not read…
May 24, 2019jquick99 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
On a side note...the author mentions David Boise. Hmmm...I know that name. Oh, that’s that bully lawyer that that deep voiced, bug eyed pathological liar hired to intimidate employees who wanted to speak out that Theranos was a scam.
Mar 24, 2019A_Kh rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Malcolm Gladwell offers an entirely different perspective to how disadvantages should be seen. Although some others had seen his writing biased or nebulous, that does not take away that fact that he surely knows how to tell a compelling…
It's more malcolm being malcolm. Not science- just Gladwell ranting, which is fun. Some of his ideas you'll have thought of, some probably not.
I was glad to see a reminder of the if-you're-#20-you'll-try-a-LOT-harder dynamic. There are…
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