Blink by Malcom Gladwell

I read this a couple weeks back and was really excited about what it was going to cover. However, I feel like the premise of what the book was supposed to be about and what the book was actually about greatly differed. I didn't like that.

I thought the book was going to be about how we can use our 2 second perceptions to make certain judgments but the books wasn't really about the uses as much as it was about the importance of it and really just spending like 250+ pages trying to prove that. The arguments themselves were really compelling and I thought that it was a good read, but it wasn't what I had expected and I think that would be where the book failed.

I thought that the proof that Gladwell present was really good because it really helped illustrate his points but in the end, I don't think his conclusion at the end of the book was really satisfying. And I kept reading the book thinking, "when is he going to explain how to use it properly?" At the end of the book, when he didn't, that's when I got frustrated. But he is definitely an engaging writing which was the redeeming quality of the book.

Overall, I would and wouldn't recommend this book simply because of the ending - it is a good read and the things that he does mention about perception are really insightful but leaves the reader wanting more.