Review: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Stand Alone

Format: Audio Book

Rating:3 Stars

How I Got It: Borrowed from Library (Overdrive)

Genre: Non-Fiction

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? 

In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables. 

Review

I got this from the library because I was looking for random audio books. It was interesting and fast which I like in my non-fiction.

The content was interesting and easy to understand. I do believe the subconscious makes decisions and observations we are unaware of. I'm guessing this is why you/I don't like someone immediately when meeting them. And i'm glad the positive and negative parts of your brain doing this was explored.

Mr. Gladwell had a nice voice which I like in my audio books. I would listen to another book from him.

Thanks for reading!

Holly