Freakonomics – Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
was one of those books that I believe would have been more interesting to follow had it been presented as a series of short, seperate essays, rather than a book. Our group generally agreed that when we read a book we enjoy the flow, the drama and the continuity. While we thought it provided an alternative way of looking at cheating for example, there was no story as such. To be fair, this is what the authors intended so to that end, it has satisfied those types of readers. I on the other hand, came away a little confused and indifferent to the whole book.
I agree about presenting it in doses – or as it was originally – a blog. It made me think about statistics and it was interesting to read. But it wasn’t put together as well as I would have hoped.
Bu Yousef
16 November 2008 at 9:56 pm
‘statistics’ and ‘interesting’…and both in the same sentence
Its always good to now and again read away from our usual choices so thank you so much for the recommendation Bu Yousef.
Um Yousef
16 November 2008 at 10:04 pm