David and Goliath by Malcolm GladwellMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
To my mind, while it is an easy read, this book represents the most complex idea that Malcolm Gladwell has attempted to communicate. The first chapter is written well and it makes it look like it will always be easy to apply the David and Goliath metaphor throughout. It is not easy and that may explain the harsh judgement of critics. As usual, the author uses a deceptively simple metaphor to explain phenomena starting from war, crime, education attainment and social change. Few authors are capable of making such a tactical tour de force and in pushing such a wide circle, it is possible that some claims will be incredulous. Still, hard earned money well spent if you one chooses to read this book.
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All i see is the 5/5 on first impression, and it is plenty distracting. If you ask me the only time one is allowed to give such high rating is when they are asked the best book they ever read at the final moments in their death bed. I can loosely say that creativity is driven by critique (not sure about this spelling) and thus when you elevate an author to such extreme heights you deny them of the chance to produce something of better standards. The worst this rating can do is mislead a reader into presuming this book would be an unrivaled reading experience. On both these points i strongly stand against very high ratings for any book, especially if it's not a religious book.
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