The average user rating for this Book is 6.6 out of 10 (based on 25 Votes).
Jesse S gave it an8: Cleverly written, interesting book. Shows the importance of both intuition and analysis in effective thinking and acting.
Mohammed R gave it a9: This book is so good, and so easy to read. Just like his other book, " The tipping point", the book introduces so many new concepts and tons of information. This book will help one understand how people make good and bad decisions about situations and people in only micro seconds.
Adam M gave it an8: Gladwell did what he set out to do. He put into laymen's terms, over the course of a 250 easy read, a very large amount of information and research. It is pallatable and intriguing. Furthermore, I have seem many reviewers and bloggers debating his main thesis that intuition in some cases provides a better or more effective conclusion than its pondered counterpart. He provides insight for many people into cutting edge research that will have everlasting effects on the way in which we view the world.
Shogo T gave it a9: The book is very encouraging. I could agree with his idea with my "unconciousness" even thought I came from the far east. Many readers seem to claim for its lack of "the solution", however, i believe that its just matter of our unique backbones, isnt it? I found this book very exciting... yea no critisizing or analysis for this one...
Bryan W gave it a4: Interesting stories, but completely undeveloped conclusions. His basic theory is that snap judgement work great, except when they don't. Unfortunately, he gives no serious explanation or even details regarding when, how, or why snap judgements underperform. I kept wanting a serious discussion of each chapter's basic story but was left without. Underdeveloped.
vinod k gave it a6: The book has lot of interesting stories to tell. But the concoction was not as good as the Tipping point. It seems the author was going astray of the the title. The final chapter is totally unnecessary. There is no conclusive chapter. He falls short of the claim that by the end we develop blink abilities. Tipping point had a very conclusive chapter where we know definitely what to look and whom to approach to start an epidemic; it also tells about the context and sticky factor. But, blink tells only stories and not much hint on how to perfect our blink abillity. A poor edition!
T H gave it a5: This is not a book about HOW to "think without thinking", or about making one's OWN decisions, but rather, anecdotes from others' intuitions, that are not even generalizable to the common reader.
Brian A gave it an8: Having based decisions on means, standard deviations and ANOVA's this is a refreshing way to approach decision making. A good read.
Janelle D gave it a7: I enjoyed reading Blink. It kept my interest through the entire book. I think Malcolm Gladwell illustrated his ideas with examples very well. The examples were interesting and easy to understand. Although the book was interesting, I don't think Malcolm Gladwell supported his idea that we can learn how to make better quick decisions. Although he used several examples to illustrate thin-slicing, he didn't support or show how we can learn to make better quick decisions.
K B gave it a4: Blink! entices with its driving idea but ends up generally telling us what most of us know (oddly, enough, by intuition tempered with a good bit of experience/learning). Not that there's anything wrong with confirming or rejecting things we know by hunch, even if it is about whether hunches work. The trouble with this book is that it doesn't clearly acknowledge anywhere that you can only claim to know something by hunch when you have worked very hard to develop that hunch. And even then, what works for you may never work for another; and what works for you may not be enough for you to act on because you would look for justification precisely because yourecognize the treacherous nature of a hunch. In any case, aren't we all aware of uncertainty in the best of circumstances? But, i think there's enough in this book to provoke debate. The danger is if there isn't a debate.
[Anonymous] gave it a3: After reading the fabulous book "the tipping point" I rushed to the store and baught "blink" without even waiting for it to be translated to hebrew (I'm from Israel). I found it to be a giagantic disapointment. The book can be summerized by one sentence :"sometimes snap decisions have better outcome than the ones you put a lot of thought into". Don't develop too much expectations to learn how th develop the skill of snap decisions beacause it will NOT come true.
Grant E gave it a3: I read a lot of this sort of work. In my opinion, the "gold standard" is The Bell Curve. The authors take from science many meaningful inferences and weaves them toward a conclusion using thoughtful analysis salted with the occasional subjective judgment. Using that book as a 10, a 3 for this work is charitable. This might have made a great novelty piece in Ladies Home Journal or People but as a book, it's GIadwall's search for meaning.... an embarrassingly unfinished work. If you're looking for valuble insight or perhaps a tool for your own selfish use, forget it...it ain't there.
Hades gave it a7: Despite it's short length, Blink can't help but feel quite long-winded in segments. We are bombarded with the same ideal repeatedly throughout the majority of the 200(ish) page book, constantly being reminded of its importance but never quite establishing a miraculous breakthrough as the book would have you think before diving into it. I was fascinated with Gladwell's presentation of this book on CSPAN2's Book TV but unfortunately I found that he keenly marketed the most intriguing aspects of it while cutting away the fat to make the book more arousing to the sense. Unfortunately, I find myself disappointed having finally read through the entirety of Blink. While there are definitely useful tips and a variety of interesting information in the book, much of it is forgettable rather than revolutionary.
Kat C gave it a9: Provocative and eye opening; examines instant decision making -- good and bad -- in art, policework, relationships, and much more. A fun read.
K Wood gave it a10: Insightful, readable, worth buying at full price!
Andre M gave it a3: I've read this book because I was fascinated by the concept of using one's intuition more often as a guide to decision making. I found Gladwell's book to be seriously wanting. It seems to be nothing more than a grandious presentation of what is known simply as "following a hunch". This is another case, it seems to me, of an author following up the publication of a best seller, (Gladwell's Tipping Point) with a book such as "Blink" that is thin gruel indeed.
Judey H gave it a9: Listened to unabridged audiobook, lasted through a giant snowstorm, kept me awake and interested. There are concepts int his book I'll use at work and in my personal life. Highly reccomend it!
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