Talking to Strangers

Some content warning: This book goes to describe sexual assault, pedophilia, police brutality, and suicide. If you are sensitive to these matters then probably skip this book.

What I liked about the audiobook is that it kept quotes or videos and played them instead of describing them. Any court cases things were usually reenacted.

I'm not sure what to think about this book. It captivated me enough to finish it and some made good points about the gaps of talking with strangers, the studies were good and really gave me insight.



What has left a poor taste was that he picked the most sensitive topics to talk about and seemed to apologize for the abusers? Or at least that's what I thought on several occasions... I think this book was trying to use them as examples and break down what may have happened by a miscommunication that can lead to catastrophic events and that doesn't dig deep enough. For example rape culture, police brutality, not trusting victims of sexual assault at any age, and system failures seem glossed over to me.

You'll have to read this for yourself to be the best judge. What you focus on is what I think you will get the most out of it.