I definitely get a sense that the style of this book is for those people who don't have that much time (especially journalists who are conscious of deadlines). Rather than using numerous pages and chapters to explain concepts, the author (Rene J. Cappon) uses examples to "show" rather than tell.
Sometimes when I would read it fast, I would miss the introductory sentence. I would find myself reading the example and wondering how would the example pertain to the chapter.
Sometimes I feel like there's so many examples that are the same, and I just want to skip over them and see the one sentence explanation at the end of the section.
The writing is informal. This is nice because I feel like I'm actually conversing with the author in person. This is sometimes bad because the author switches speaking mode from common English to "journalese."
I love the humor because it adds the personal touch.
Posted by Michael Diezmos at September 25, 2005 12:05 AMI like to read the examples before the introductory sentences. It allows me to try to find what's wrong with it on my own. Although, half the time I'm just frustrated with myself because my reaction will be: "Oh, I didn't even see that!"
Posted by: Kayla Sawyer at September 27, 2005 4:30 PMI never thought of it that way before, that's a good idea, I think i'll try it next time. thanks!
Posted by: Mike at September 28, 2005 12:53 AM