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The Social Animal

the Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Nov 09, 2018Boych2018 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A highly recommended fictional story backed by recent social and psychological research. This book is almost a must read for younger people. Good: book gives a wealth of detail about life experience that many will not come across on their own. Bad: when the story line pauses to explain theories presented, the reading experience bogs down and goes from reading a story to reading a textbook. The Social Animal is well written and interesting but I found myself skipping along to follow the story because while the theory behind what is going on is good information, at times too much is presented (Don't tell me how to build a wrist watch, I only want to know the time). When I went back to cover a couple of the "explanatory" chapters I ended up scanning more than reading.