So interesting. How subtly we are influenced by things without being aware of it. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in how our brain works. Easy to read with lots of facinating incites into how our decision making can be influenced by seemingly random things. ( )

Drunk Tank Pink - a wonderful title - grabbed me when I began it. I've always been fascinated about color, color theory, and the effect of color on people. The author then went on to talk about the sometimes subliminal effect of other things outside ourselves, things like temperature, weather, etc. Fascinating stuff.

At the end I felt the book got a bit thin, almost like a high school student trying to stretch 8 pages of substance into a 10 page paper. A shame perhaps but hardly a critical flaw. ( )

I gave this book 4 stars - more for the impact that it had upon me than as a statement about the book's quality.
Frankly, I felt that the book was longer than it needed to be and oftentimes went into detail unnecessarily.
That said, this book is a quick, worthwhile read. If you enjoy Malcolm Gladwell, you will enjoy it very much.
The author examines many areas of life that pass one by on a daily basis and seem trivial - the color of a room, the first letter of your child's name, common symbols you see etc. The book presents research that indicates how many of these things affect people unconsciously - often in profound ways.

For me, one of the big takeaways was reconsidering how I set up my classroom and also being more aware of messages I may be unintentionally sending to my students. Teaching, sales, government... there are so many professions that could benefit from checking this book out. ( )

Bugger this. Ta-a was pretty fucking bad on page 32, the next 30 pages seemed all cribbed from Psych 133, and now on page 62 three ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge. I'm out.