Body Language For Dummies

The positives:- The text was partitioned well- There's a lot of good adviceThe negatives:- The gender of the author was salient as far as the writing goes- Very simplistic at times- Overwhelming amount of in-text referencesThe text was partitioned into parts and chapters. There were three parts that consisted of the upper body, lower body, and a unison of both that focused more on context. The chapters got a little bit more specific, for example, the one with the eyes and the one with the body language stood out to me. The good job the author did in classifying the separated content makes this text valuable as a referenceable guide. And if we just consider this book useful for referencing purposes only, then it would certainly negate my objection of there being an overwhelming amount of in-text references. What I exactly mean by "in-text references" is when the author puts at the end of a given paragraph: "You can find out more about (insert topic) in (insert requisite 'For Dummies' book)". I understand that the Dummies book usually do this, and for good reason because it can definitely be useful if you want to delve into another related topic and it may be the reason why I came across this book in the first place. But, to be honest it was way too much this time. It was irritating how many times i've came across it reading this text from start to finish. I believe the Dummies book's are made to be used as reference guides as well, but are definitely not limited to being just one and the writing is geared to start-to-finish type reading. As far as the content goes, well, it goes both ways. There is certainly a lot of interesting things I've learned and they are definitely prescriptive to getting a better grip in the social sphere. Nevertheless, many descriptions in the text are just plain commonsense and so intuitive for the average person. In reality they are probably more suitable for someone like Elizabeth Fritzl and her children or for those that suffer from Autism. The author, Elizabeth Kuhnke, should have a better idea of who her audience is and weed out the simplistic fluff for the next edition. Also, although this probably isn't true, much of the good (less obvious) advice gives the impression that it comes from the author's intuition. This probably isn't the case, but it would have been better if backed by scientific evidence (and by this i mean stated as so, with references). Also, another criticism I have of the book is that it's written from the woman's perspective. This is by no means a knock at the gender of the author, but what I am saying is that she made much of the writing less general and clear that it comes from the perspective of women. As a man, this is a good thing especially when it comes to the showing interest and dating section, but not a good thing from an objective and reviewer-oriented perspective. It may be more strenuous, because the different genders perceive things differently, but there can be some solutions: write two separate for dummies books geared for each gender with a shared general part, make one that only encompasses information that can be shared by both genders, or co-author the next one in a co-ed way and figure it out from there. In the end of the day, despite my reservations, this text is useful and I will probably reference back to it for certain things but it definitely has its limitations in many ways.

easy read, well organized, a lot of good information with examples and tips.

just started reading it supposedly there is an app

Didn't do much over the the top but it was still quite informative.

As described

good read

Some pages are falling out

like it

Interesting book,Useful information to which alot of us doesn't realise in the body language with other peopleThis book has helped me, what to look out and how to spot a lier 😂A good book to want to read it again and again 😊👍

Enjoyed sitting in the departure longe of Southampton airport observing the passengers kept waiting four hours each way. A very accurate and interesting book.

Easy to read

Great fan of Desmond Morris book Man Watching. Thought needed to up date my skills.

Brilliant