Bryan Blanchot

Des récits toujours très justes et touchants par leur simplicité avec Édouard Louis. Ça me donne envie de lire toute sa bibliographie.

Really interesting research summary on the causality of “gayness”. Most hypotheses (up to the publication date) are explored with specific papers being mentioned and their limits being discussed. The book mostly focuses on the G II. LGBT due to a lack of research for the other sexual orientations.

One of the very few books which made me cry.

Fascinating story of an experiment that started in the 1950s in the Soviet Union. It's truly amazing to see that over the course of 60 years they have manage to completely domesticate what used to be wild foxes.

Interesting but way too complicated, one needs a very good understanding of physics to really enjoy this book.

In this book Rand Fishkin presents a very transparent and refreshing account of what it's like being a founder. Rand discusses topic that rarely make it to the public sphere when it comes to entrepreneurship (depression, financial difficulties, layoffs, lack of direction etc).
3 stars and not 4 because it's not super well written.

Some interesting tips but the entire content of this book could be stripped down to a one thousand words article.

I hate those American non fiction books in which the author seems to believe that only by repeating a point 20 times the readers will understand.

Overall poorly written, and slightly disappointing.

Read this book in less than an hour in a delayed French train. Super insightful for companies and people trying to build a data driven culture.

This book is full of practical tips and tricks that will help you avoid the most common pitfalls when it comes to data.

Certain chapters are a bit unnecessary but overall the content is straight to the point and accessible to anyone.

I added this book on my to do list when seeing the diplomatic efforts by the DPRK, South Korea and the US to move closer towards reunification. I was not disappointed.

A very well written book giving a glimpse of life in North Korea through the moving yet ordinary stories of 6 normal people.

This book goes beyond what we normally see and think through traditional media.

A must read if you want to understand how is daily life in North Korea.

I've read this book in a day while being sleep deprived for travel reasons so I might not have been in the best conditions to evaluate this book. However, the language used is very clear and the author skilfully explores the different truth bending devices used by master « misleaders » (his word, not mine) but which can also serve a better purpose. Through concrete examples he casts light on the fact that often a situation can have competing truths depending on context/beliefs/data/predictions etc.

Some chapters are a bit long and unrelated to the topic at hand. If you've enjoyed books by Dan Ariely or other behavioural scientists then you will enjoy this one.

Second book I read by Andre Aciman and I think he's definitely one of the authors who can write about love the most accurately. He's also gifted when it comes to creating complex characters who feel very real.

In Enigma Variations he talks about homosexuality even though it's not the central topic, never stereotypical and always sensitive to the complexity of the topic.

I finished this book moments ago in a coffee shop. It's the first time in my life that I really had to stop myself from crying because of a book.

Sometimes I get emotional while reading a book but what I felt by reading this book is beyond emotional.

André Aciman successfully shaped characters that are well rounded and as complex as real human beings.

I usually never read romance books because I tend to feel that they're always depicting superficiality but Call Me By Your Name paints love in all its complexity without hiding the difficult moments, the suffering and the pain that might result from a beautiful story.

Very technical book. Even though this book discusses an interesting theory the understanding of it is rendered very difficult.

The authors make many references to developing economies and their history which makes it difficult to follow for the average reader.

For instance, sometimes politicians from small nations are introduced in the book and then later referred only by name without any reminders of the context or the country they are from.

However, there are some interesting anecdotes which will make you feel lucky to live in a developed country.

Interesting introduction to the Danish concept of Hygge through the personal journey of the author Signe Johansen. Heavy focus on food but some good explanations of key hygge concept. This is more of a practical manual than a analysis/description of Hygge lifestyle

Poor Basil

Very informative book about the potential uses of big data, its ethical implications, its meaning etc

While this book is an interesting read the way it is structured isn't always clear. Many times Nicholas Carr would digress from the main subject and goes on and on about something unrelated keeping us wondering “so what?”. However, I can only recognise the extensive references that are backing up his claims, all the conclusions in this book are based on science and the extensive bibliography will satisfy the most curious readers.

I was afraid that this book might denounce a huge inexistent conspiracy theory but it didn't. Instead, the author manages to demonstrate step by step how the blogosphere can be hacked and what's the result of so much hacking. A very informative book that might get read a second time !

Cet ouvrage est édifiant. Il dresse un portrait simple mais efficace de l'état de l'agriculture aujourd'hui en France. La plupart des consommateurs sont conscients de quelques uns des dangers et travers de l'agriculture mais ce livre permet de comprendre le “système” complet.

Extrémement puissant. Provoque un questionnement sur le rôle de l'auteur et le lien entre réalité et fiction. On sent venir le drame de manière insidieuse mais cela ne gâche en rien l'histoire. La question finale est : est-ce vrai ?

Un peu technique. Présente l'état de la recherche sur le sujet et dresse quelques conclusions dans le chapitre final. Pas passionnant pour un non chercheur ou non spécialiste.

The tone is extremely pedantic, the content is completely outdated, the structure very poor. Don't read this book unless you have time to waste.

Exceptional but the end is a bit abrupt and not as far fetched as the rest of the book.

Interesting book but seems more like a promotion tool for Saatchi & Saatchi than an authentic new framework to facilitate understanding of the brand and its relationships with consumers.

Ce livre est toujours autant d'actualité et montre comment le fascisme se fait passer pour une idéologie “acceptable” au fil du temps.