This collection of essays shows the world ffrom a different perspective--that of the dogs that Cesar Milan works with, or an accdental plagiarist, or the Carholic doctor who invented birth control. While this book doesn't provide an in-depth look at anything, the essays are interesting, thought provoking and a great read. ( )

This collection of articles is less satisfying to me than his other more thematically cohesive collections of observations. But he has a great knack for finding interesting things to ponder and he is a good writer as well. I've already retold the gist of his chapter on the Roman Catholic inventor of the pill. ( )

Malcolm Gladwell's essays cover everything from ketchup and Ron Ropeil to the profiling of serial killers, terrorist, and vicious dogs. Each essay gives us the opportunity to look at people, products, corporations, decisions through different eyes and a fresh perspective.

As an animal lover, I was most interested in the essay about Cesar Millan and his method of working with dogs (What the Dog Saw) and the essay about pit dog and vicious dog profiling (Troublemakers). Despite the lessons to be learned, I don't care about Enron and its SPEs (special purpose entities) or the best way to choose football draft choices. Even though I am not likely to ever hire or be a teacher, I was very much interested in how to tell the good ones from the bad ones. The parts on profiling were fascinating to me although the description of a murder was especially barbaric, even to a mystery- and true crime- reader like I sometimes am.

So, in the end, this book was hit-and-miss with me. Some parts completely engaged me and some I just rushed through in order to move on. It seems there is something for everyone in this book but also the other side of the coin is there may be an essay or two that each reader will find less valuable or relevant. ( )

This collection of Gladwell's New Yorker articles is my favorite of his books so far, although it fades a little toward the end. That said, however, Gladwell is a wonderful writer with an impeccable eye for interesting stories. ( )

I loved all Gladwell's other books, but wasn't overly impressed with this one.
I think because it was a collection of articles, it wasn't as engaging.
While some of the articles were interesting, there were a number I found dull as well.