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Good book, Mediocre reading

Revisado: 03-13-19

Josdal uses the British pronunciation of the word "organization" (organ EYES ation) for some reason - and the word appears very often. As far as I remember, that's the only "British-ism", and he certainly doesn't have a British accent, so it is somewhat jarring. But that's not the worst. He has an uncanny knack for vocally emphasizing the wrong words and pausing in odd places. This is hard to capture in print, so I won't bother to try; but I found it disconcerting.

As to the book itself, I found it quite compelling. As someone with a technical background, I find myself relying on and advocating for the use of quantitative methods frequently, so I was prepared to find fault with Muller's thesis. However, I will say that a more descriptive if less catchy title might have been, "The Tyranny of the Misuse of Metrics". The last chapter is a (too) brief description of what makes a good metric, and how to their misuse. I wish those ideas had been sprinkled more throughout the earlier sections, and not just relegated to the end. But if this is subject you care about, this book is worth reading.

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Zee Frrrensh do not all Zbeek like Zis

Revisado: 07-20-18

I assume the reader was directed to use her caricature of a French accent for all of the French speaking people who appear. At first I thought that perhaps the text was written that way, but no. It is distracting and tiresome, and actually detracts from the "authenticity" that it was probably intended to capture, especially since the actual conversations the author is recapturing probably occurred in French. Perfectly fine to use an accent for french words and phrases, like Creche and 'faire les nuits" of which there are many, but every French speaker in this reading comes off sounding like Pepe le Pew.
As to the text, I enjoyed it. And say what you like about child rearing "philosophies", the characterization of the Park Slope hothouse was great - "Brian, do you want your parsley snack?"

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Incisive and compelling

Revisado: 06-13-18

Although frequently characterized as such, Spencer is neither a bigot nor a hater. Rather it is those who would stifle free speech, particularly on our college campuses that seem to be filled with hate.

The book deserves a better reader. Mr
Michael's tone is ponderous and heavy and almost comically, he mispronounces words like excoriate.

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