May 6, 2009, 9:24 am
.. by Barbara Oakley.
I have to say that I was a bit disappointed in the lack of any actual science (it starts out much more promising than it then ends up being).
But that disappointment is balanced by the fact that it was actually a fun read, mostly because you end up trying to match some of the traits being discussed to yourself, your crazy relatives, your psychotic co-workers etc.
So I’d say that it ended up having not a lot about genes, and a lot of armchair psychology of people Barbara never actually met (apart from her sister). But I’ll still have to give it a thumbs up just for being entertaining.
The merge window is calming down, so I’ve been reading other things too, but they’ve been eminently forgettable. I’m now steeling myself to begin “Renegade’s Magic”, the third installment of Robin Hobb’s Soldier Son trilogy. The two first ones were big disappointments, and I had already decided that I’m not even going to bother finishing the trilogy, but I guess I can’t.
Here’s to hoping Nevare turns out to be less of a fat whining idiot in the third book. But I’m not really holding my breath.
