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Outstanding
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Entertainment Weekly Jennifer Reese
You can't judge a book by its cover. But Gladwell had me at hello -- and kept me hooked to the final page.
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Outstanding
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Library Journal Mary Ann Hughes
Gladwell gets the science facts right and has the journalistic skills to make them utterly engrossing. [15 Nov 2004, p.75]
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Outstanding
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Publishers Weekly
Entertaining and illuminating. [1 Nov 2004, p.52]
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Favorable
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The Onion A.V. Club Donna Bowman
Blink cements his position as the most engaging essayist working at the intersection of science and culture.
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Favorable
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USA Today Bob Minzesheimer
As a researcher, Gladwell doesn't break much new ground. But he's talented at popularizing others' research. He's a clever storyteller who synthesizes and translates the work of psychologists, market researchers and criminologists.
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Favorable
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Salon Farhad Manjoo
The writer is in top form in "Blink," and the reading here is a real pleasure.
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Favorable
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Washington Post Howard Gardner
The book features the fascinating case studies, skilled interweavings of psychological experiments and explanations and unexpected connections among disparate phenomenon that are Gladwell's impressive trademark.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Book Review David Brooks
If you want to trust my snap judgment, buy this book: you'll be delighted. If you want to trust my more reflective second judgment, buy it: you'll be delighted but frustrated, troubled and left wanting more.
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Favorable
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Houston Chronicle Steve Weinberg
So, yes, the book sounds like a self-help manual from time to time. But what a self-help manual it is -- lucid, endlessly fascinating, controversial.
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Favorable
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Los Angeles Times Thane Rosenbaum
Gladwell is an engaging writer and a first-rate tour guide. [10 Jan 2005]
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Favorable
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Kirkus Reviews
All these stories are nicely written and most inform and entertain at the same time, but they don't add up to anything terribly profound, despite the author's sometimes Skywalker-ish enthusiasm. [1 Oct 2004, p.948]
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Favorable
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Booklist Donna Seaman
Gladwell's groundbreaking explication of a key aspect of human nature is enlightening, provocative, and great fun to read. [1 Sep 2004, p.2]
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Favorable
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Boston Globe Chris Navratil
If ultimately ''Blink" proves a less successful undertaking than ''The Tipping Point," it may be due to the more linear nature of the material Gladwell has assembled here.
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Favorable
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Chicago Sun-Times Mark Athitakis
A playful if sometimes maddening pop psychology study of how and why people make snap judgments.
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Favorable
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Christian Science Monitor Clayton Collins
Gladwell... again shows himself to be a consummate case-builder.
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Favorable
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Chicago Tribune Mark Coatney
Even if Gladwell can't fully describe why this train is running, it's a really fun ride.
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Favorable
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Village Voice Jenny Davidson
Gladwell's got a lovely prose style and an eye for the striking anecdote.
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Mixed
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The Guardian Catherine Bennett
Since it features some likely-looking jargon and various marketing anecdotes, it may well delight his corporate fans. But Blink is a muddle.
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Mixed
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Daily Telegraph Anthony Daniels
Gladwell's book, which starts well enough, meanders and begins to go off the point about halfway through.
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Mixed
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
He delivers what is essentially a hybrid of marketing wisdom and self-help - stronger on broad, catchy constructs than on innovative thinking.
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Mixed
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San Francisco Chronicle David Kipen
Smart, provocative but slippery... Too much of "Blink" reads like a longish string of features from the New Yorker.
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Mixed
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Wall Street Journal George Anders
Mr. Gladwell is a gifted storyteller, able to find memorable characters and delightful anecdotes wherever he goes. But for much of the book, he struggles to figure out what he really wants to say.
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Unfavorable
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The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Thomas Homer-Dixon
By the end of this book, the reader is left with a mishmash of half-developed ideas and no real understanding of fast cognition's intricacies or how it can go astray. [8 Jan 2005, p.D4]
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Unfavorable
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The New Republic Richard A. Posner
A series of loosely connected anecdotes, rich in "human interest" particulars but poor in analysis.
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Unfavorable
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Daily Telegraph Edward Skidelsky
Rarely have such bold claims been advanced on the basis of such flimsy evidence.
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