Reviews for The art of small talk

The average rating for The art of small talk based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-06-09 00:00:00 Rob Noble The best part about this book is the list of questions that you can bring up to start up some small talk. There are some pretty sexist things in here, however, like how men really want a woman who does not take the lead, because then they just look like sexual aggressors that lack mystery, and then the chase is over.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-09-16 00:00:00 Jose luis Lopez martin This book is an excellent complement to Deborah Tannen's other book. It is less about gender, and more about how pacing, volume, and many other stylistic elements of conversation communicate more loudly than our words. These elements can form the basis of unfounded accusations about character if they remain unrecognized. If they are recognized, and at least one conversational partner can exercise stylistic flexibility, then improved communication can occur and peoples' underlying personalities - rather than their cultural habits of communication - can be discovered. It provides extremely helpful insight into the things that make many of our conversations stall with awkward miscues, while others click along with well-matched enthusiasm.