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As an aside - I just finished "The Bomber Mafia" and found it to be a very fun and interesting read. A departure from his "Pop-Smart" type books in the past.
by celestialcheese 4y ago
As an aside - I just finished "The Bomber Mafia" and found it to be a very fun and interesting read. A departure from his "Pop-Smart" type books in the past.
He's a very entertaining writer, and effective at telling stories - definitely lessons to be learned from his style.
- groby_b 4y agoIt's a great piece of fiction. As LA Review of Books put it, "The only issue is that Gladwell’s account doesn’t withstand serious scrutiny. " And that, in a nutshell, is the problem with Gladwell - he's a great story teller, and the only issue is that he pretends they are true. (When he either made them up, or he just really didn't understand the problem) Gladwell is in many ways an incorporation of all that's wrong with journalism. Writing for effect, focused exclusively on drawing eyeballs in. Yes, he's successful at it. Yes, you could learn from him, but you're always in danger of accidentally learning that style trumps substance.