> Aside from that, I found the memorable thing about the book to be the stories of how surprisingly effective checklists are, what a difference they can make, a

> Aside from that, I found the memorable thing about the book to be the stories of how surprisingly effective checklists are, what a difference they can make, and how and why things have gone wrong without them. All that stuff you would cut as superfluous. I summed up the book in one line, one line doesn't do it justice. The points you mention would be included in a good summary. I guess my expectations simply differed from reality. I was expecting more practical advice on how to design good checklists, what pitfalls to avoid, good practices and so on. What I got instead is different stories where he shows that checklists work. Personally I did not think that more stories added much substance to the general message, but I get your point and it's certainly a valid criticism.