What did you read this year?
Laurent’s
average rating for
2024
3.9
3.9
I was really enjoying this book until I got to the chapter about alcohol, which just made me want to take a shower; it was just wrong and icky.
Essentially Gladwell's contention is that if you're intoxicated, you get a free pass. The chapter mainly revolves around the Stanford student Brock Turner case. Gladwell basically says, the kid was blind drunk, it wasn't his fault.
If that's not gross enough, Gladwell doesn't mention at all the other reas ...more
Essentially Gladwell's contention is that if you're intoxicated, you get a free pass. The chapter mainly revolves around the Stanford student Brock Turner case. Gladwell basically says, the kid was blind drunk, it wasn't his fault.
If that's not gross enough, Gladwell doesn't mention at all the other reas ...more