For a professional psychologist, professor teaching work-shops around the world, Tom seems very clueless sometimes. When it comes to the stories from his past, at least. The authors were surprised that Turkish students got offended when he corrected their English, and I imagine he wasn't there as an English teacher. And the story of a poor sick boy really broke my heart. It's also a bit funny to see how they overuse exclamation marks, and some jokes are very adorable because they are the kind of thing your parents would post on Facebook. I am always very amused to see academics try to appeal and/or analyze the younger generation. In my opinion the book is also very repetitive and could have been twice as short. I liked how it's written in a friendly tone, like a normal conversation rather than boring academic text-book. However, I guess, it is also that tone to blame for a bit "watery" content. Otherwise, I of course found it very interesting and helpful. UPD: now that I'm finished, I can tell you for sure that this book is, indeed, very repetitive.
