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Starts a bit weaker but quickly becomes amazimg!

Revisado: 01-13-23

I was a bit disappointed at the beginning, the narration was a bit stiff and the story is centered around a huge revelatiom that I already knew from the book description. However, as the book progresses it becomes gripping, emotional, and oh so deep and powerful. And the narration becomes much better quickly. It is a fantastic book, and you should definitely not be put off if you don't love it at the start, you certainly will by the end!

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Shallow, repetitive, and dangerous

Revisado: 10-05-22

The first chapter had some interesting points that i enjoyed, but after that it goes on and on with the same points, without providing any evidence that they work except for some really bad anecdotes that sounds more like the author showing off.

My biggest issue with the book though is that it can be dangerous: it suggests that if you want to stop being unhappy, you can just put your mind on it and stop being unhappy! So easy. It criticizes get rich easy schemes but does the same for happiness. If you have OCD put your mind at it and it will be gone! If your son dies decide you're ok with it! Drug addict? Just decide you're better than that! And that's NOT how the brain works, and it can be dangerous, as it can make people feel like a failure because they can't overcome mental issues for example.

I couldn't finish it,and that's very rare for me. I will keep with me the only good point that i got, which is to focus my efforts on the things i really care about and start caring less for everything else - and it's not a very deep point either.

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Starts super strong, then rambles

Revisado: 10-02-22

The first few chapters, where he lays the general principles of the Inside Out idea, are amazing, so interesting and insightful. But then the book becomes overdetailed, sometimes irrelevant, sometimes just very boring. It was really hard to finish it, and I'm a neuroscientist myself.

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Strong points, but some examples are exaggerated

Revisado: 06-15-22

This book makes really strong, powerful, clear points and supports them with a mountain of data. Plus when you read it you think of other examples that you know but never realized what they meant, adding to the books power. After reading it, I couldn't agree with it more.

My problem is that, while most data provided is completely out of my expertise, out of the ones i do know of, a couple are somewhat exaggerated. Also, there were a couple examples that i found so absolutely outrageous and mind boggling that i searched for them online, and a couple times found them to be exaggerated (example below). These things make me wonder how many of the other data provided is also exaggerated, and decreases the credibility of the whole book.

These is crearly soooo much data to support this book's claims (including several examples that i did search for and found are correctly represented), so I'm sad that some examples are exaggerated, as it allows people to discredit the whole book just on a couple points. I wish the book only included the most clear, conclusive, and provable examples, making the same points. It would make it shorter, easier to diggest, but also way stronger.


Example:
At one point the book says "After the 2005 tsunami in Sri Lanka, the rebuilding team did not include women and so they built houses without kitchens". I found this insane, so i googled it and what i found is that "Many new houses incorporated expensive sources of fuel for cooking (gas/electric) which the family could not afford and did not offer a kitchen which could accommodate firewood cooking." Which, sure, is a problem that could've been fixed by asking women more - but clearly the way it's phrased in the book is missleading and exaggerated. And so it makes me question other claims in the book.

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Must read it you're in science

Revisado: 11-17-21

if you're a PhD student, postdoc or already a tenured professor, you can learn a lot from this book. Being a good scientist is not just about doing good science, and this book helps you get there.

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Didn't learn much

Revisado: 05-19-21

Quite disapointing, a very vague book with very few in-depth stories about any woman. Seems more like a retetitive intro to a book that a full book itself. would not recommend

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As the author says, best for 8-12 year olds

Revisado: 03-06-21

I liked how the characters overcome the fear of not being good or special enough, and the hope of a hero that might save them. But other than that, the story had so many unexplained things that don't make any sense. Maybe children would not notice it as much, but i certainly did.

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Must read for everyone!

Revisado: 03-02-21

Everyone should read this book. Whether you know about de jure segreagation and want to learn more about it, or you are skeptical and want to hear what the evidence is.
It is brilliantly written, with clear examples both legal and anecdotal, as well as scientific studies, narrated in an entertaining and easy to follow way.

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Much more than expected

Revisado: 08-23-20

I got this audiobook because i wanted to hear more about how a large corporation could hide such a huge fraud for so long - and it delivers, explaining the management style and organization, institutionalized fear and atmosphere that can lead to it. But it also shows how hard it can be to open the can of worms, even when you know you're right, and how corporations can make your life miserable to prevent it. It's great to hear the story from the whistleblower's point of view, his journey, the obstacles, and finally getting past it. Just fantastic.

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Brilliant job explaining such a sensitive topic

Revisado: 05-12-20

Twisted goes into details about the facts of what happened, what effects it had, and why it was allowed to keep happening. It is very objective and thorough, given the survivor victims space and bringing in specialists too. I wish more of the people involved in sweeping it under the rug came forward and intervened, i would've loved to hear their explanations and apologies. But great job from the authors and performers regardless.

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