Nonfiction Book Review

In the book "Freakonomics", the authors write about other views that some people had never even thought of. I think the authors wrote this book to let the readers have a different point of view about a topic.

A passage that left an impression is when the crime rates lowered because of abortion. I never thought abortion would be a huge impact on lowering crime rates. After reading the book, I had a different point of view.

The chapter that inspired the most discussion in the group as well as the class is the chapter about a child's name. Some of my group members thought it was funny to name your child "Cheeseburger" or “Loser”. We had no idea why a parent would give their child those kinds of name out of all the ubiquitous names. We had a class discussion about it, and the class also didn’t know why a parent would give their child those kinds of name.

I don’t usually read. The book was written in a way that I would understand; however, there were a lot of terms that I’m unfamiliar with. The language did make me lose a little interest because I didn’t know what the authors were trying to convey unless I look up the definition. I didn’t really bother looking up the definition because I read slow, and I didn’t want to waste time looking for the definition. The unfamiliar terms weren’t really explained; however, the authors gave plenty of examples to give me a better understanding of the chapter.

Yes, I would recommend this book to anyone in the college level. I hate reading, but I enjoyed this book. After joining Year Up, I always want to learn more. It might be because I’m changing the way I think. I think reading is important for me because I can learn a lot from it. I recommend this book to college level students because it might be too hard for high school students to understand because of the terms the authors used.