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L**T
Entertaining and informative
Haven't quite finished reading this yet, but so far very entertaining whilst being informative at the same time
O**T
Ho hum
A pedestrian literature review of many cute results in experimental psychology. Unfortunately it falls between two stools: the writing is somewhat tedious (this is no zingy Malcolm Gladwell romp), while it isn't exactly a scholarly work and several of the highlighted findings seem unlikely to be reproducible. A few of the results I hadn't come across before, so the time spent reading it wasn't completely wasted.
S**N
Great Read - taking the interesting bits of human nature ...
Great Read - taking the interesting bits of human nature and giving plenty of background research (simple enough to understand) which tells of some surprising facts about the benefits of things such as swearing and drinking alcohol!
P**T
Nicely written, clear
Nicely written, clear, informative and entertaining. Very useful summary sections. It's good to read an expert who can write for those who are not experts and want clarity without specialist jargon.
J**O
Very good !
Very good !
L**A
Five Stars
A funny & interesting read, I feel much better about drinking, driving too fast and being naughty sometimes!
A**N
A good page turner
One of the most interesting and infomortive books I've brought
H**Z
Can a bad book be good?
An interesting book but it may have a small readership circle because it seems like a massive sociological study and so may appeal only to sociologists; yet its descriptions and discussions seem too basic for serious sociologists. General readers are not likely to be enthralled by Stephen's claims like the one he makes about pop music being a good barometer of human emotions; or that racing drivers do not see the world the way non-racing drivers do. He has an interesting story backing up each claim, but because he covers so many disparate issues it is difficult to focus on the key point of the book: There are benefits in bad habits or activities (we may not really need to read this book to appreciate the point ourselves). Nonetheless, the reader might just be so carried away that before he realises it, he might already have read the entire book.
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