Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

This book is a great one in many aspects. Although it lacks a plot or an interesting to follow story line, this piece of non-fiction literature was very informative as well as amazing. The best aspect of this book is definitely the content. It is just so interesting! You can learn about the two systems of the mind, tendencies that practically every human being follows, and really find out more about yourself and the way you think. The benefits of this book are amazing in the fact that they open up your thinking process and almost every chapter answers the question "Why?" in a different way. Thinking, Fast and Slow is very interesting and very easy to relate to.
With that being said, no book is perfect. So it must have its down sides. My least favorite aspect is the dragging vocabulary used in this book. Yes, the concepts are very interesting, but the way it is worded and the length with which it is worded may make it a little more difficult to follow than other pieces of writing. There were multiple times where I felt the author and elongated a sentence which made it sound more intelligent, but not necessarily more relative. I think if the author had used more common words and phrases, and maybe more examples to make the reader understand, this book would have been much improved.

Although, to rebut my point about the least interesting part of the book, the intended audience of this book is definitely filled with people who know about the mind, are more interested in the mind and human behavior, and are willing to read through those unique words in order to understand the concepts better. I am probably not a part of this audience, because I have no recent history in studying these aspects of life, nor do I understand completely every point made. But the reason I read this book was so I would be able to join that audience, and this non-fiction piece of art has introduced me to a brand new way of thinking.

Given that audience, I think that this book is not very effective to the average person. It is hard to say that nobody without that background can like it because there are always exceptions, including myself, but it definitely does not come across as easy to read as other non-fiction books. If I were to rate this book I would give it a 9/10, because of the interesting nature of the content, the depth of the material, and the understanding it brings to the reader.