I tried Blinkist so you don't have to | Blinkist Review [CC]

[@AyceMcGee]

I fully understand the criticisms of Blinkist, but I want to add that it's been incredibly helpful for me. Reading is everything to me. I read full books and get lost in them and love them. But I have severe memory issues due to brain damage from abuse, and blackouts due to mental health. I can read a book and have dozens of thoughts and opinions about it in that moment, but the next day I might not remember reading it at all or the main themes and plots are densely foggy in my brain. Blinkist is like this refresher course for me. It's like someone is telling my brain "Hey, you read this! Do you remember this part? This chapter is where you felt this feeling. This is why you didn't like this book as much" When I know I'm going to be discussing a book with a friend, I use Blinkist so I have the basic points in my head and can form cohesive thoughts. I don't use it as a replacement for books at all, but it helps me and I think it could have benefits for other people that we're not aware of!

[@SpinstersLibrary]

Thank you for sharing your experience with the app! I can see how it helps with memorisation of these books after you've read them. I wish they advertised that benefit more instead of claiming that you can use the app instead of reading books and still get the same information.

[@AyceMcGee]

@@SpinstersLibrary I wish so too! There's so much loss by isolating months and years of someone's ideas into a few minutes. It's never going to be a replacement for books.

[@moealhakani7005]

Thanks for sharing! Have you tried using annotations? Annotating as you read is a great way to further reinforce those themes and plots! You can also always look back at your margins just to see what you were thinking at the time. Just something that may be useful

[@arnoldas6840]

This might have been written by a marketing person from Blinklist :) beware of marketing tactics from these giant apps

[@AyceMcGee]

@@arnoldas6840 I'm very much a real person lol.

[@SoulJazzDance]

You should hire blinkist to cut down your review to 2 minutes or shorter

[@ksisneh]

🤣🤣🤣 best one

[@BarbarianBody1]

😂😂

[@muslimbek_isroilov]

nailed it on the head

[@TheUnbotheredTexan]

OMY GOSH 🤣

[@christianjackson9298]

😂😄🤣

[@firesnake1804]

I think the best reason I've heard to use Blinkist is to sample the book's main ideas to see if you are interested in reading the whole book. That makes sense to me.

[@sowasvonkeinplan]

I think that's ecactly what Blinkist is: it gives you a brief and flawed overview what the book is all about and which aspects might be handled in detail. But they advertise it as if they really had the ability to shrink books core messages from 20 hours to 15 minutes. If that was possible, why are we not surrounded by universal genius everywhere? The problem is that everyone learns total different aspects from non fiction books - depending on previous experience. And that's a major flaw of the Blinkist concept.

[@Lloydy786]

Genuine question (which I am still debating) is it worth paying for a subscription just for that?

[@SuspiciouslyGady]

Why not just look up the table of contents of the book? This is exactly what they are for. In non fiction, chapter names very usually already point out what the main key ideas offered are. It's up to you to read through and see if you may be interested in what it has to offer. There are websites that already offer TOCs for books, without the need to buy or download the book or pay anything at all.

[@MASpiroShadowWoods]

yes, it's a book trailer -- do I want to buy it or borrow it to read.

[@unholygh0st]

Sure. But is that worth $7 a month?

[@RememberedReads]

Honestly, I actually think this style of book summary service makes sense in a very specific context: pop-business/career and self-help. So many of those books have a single chapter that could stand on its own, but are filled out with needless inspirational stories and examples in order to fill a book (a book that will probably be sold to businesses for their team-building activities). I can easily see a short summary of those being a more productive use of time than reading the (mostly pointless) padding in the actual books. But maybe I'm just bitter after having spent eight years working for a company that had us read that kind of book for our quarterly team-building events. 😆

[@SpinstersLibrary]

Yeah those type of books tend to have one good idea and a lot of padding, but even so I found the 15 minute summaries inadequate at exploring and explaining that one idea

[@kenkannon5630]

You can usually add depth by watching the author on KZbin

[@tomwright9904]

There are books thar are sort of written around an original paper.. this is common from academics. I guess other books are synthetic.

[@JohnVDenley]

Hmmm, I have listened to around 400 "books" via Blinkist, and most of those are books I would NEVER have chosen to listen to and certainly not read those books. There is actually a totally free version of Blinkist where you get to listen to "the book of the day" and this book is often topical in some way, but again because it is chose by blinkist, it is almost always a book I would never have chosen and in most cases a book I would never have even heard about without Blinkist. I have learnt LOADS by listening to the book of the day every day during my 15-20 minute run. I concede that maybe I did not get the full depth of the book from the Blinks, but I have bought a few books off the back of the summary because I DID want to find out more and dig deeper. I am not expecting much more from a 15 minute summary than just some key concepts, but those key concepts have opened my mind massively to some topics that I did not know anything about and probably would never have learnt anything about were it not for Blinkist. I actually often summarise the Blink of the day during my daily 10 minute facebook live (many of which are uploaded to my KZbin Channel) so I end up summarising the summary into about 2 minutes, so no doubt you would hate me even more! LOL Anyway, I LOVE the Blinkist book of the day. I have upgraded to a paid account, not least as I think I got a special offer of 12 months for £37 or something, so that was a bargain to be able to listen to some additional books when my run ends up being a bit longer and sometimes when I go out for walks in the day!

[@xXMekmanXx]

Where is it possible to find this free version?

[@JohnVDenley]

@@xXMekmanXx just install the app, signup for the 7 day trial and then cancel payments. When you open the app there will be a "Blink of the day" Every 24 hours (you may have to scroll down a bit to find it)

[@torond6908]

Thanks for posting this, found it after a quick google! They don't advertise the Free Daily blink on their front page. I actually didn't need to sign up anywhere, even in the app it's freely available. Also it seems like there are different books available in different languages. So you can actually listen to more than one summary for free if you understand the language :)

[@HighRollersLounge]

20-min long video, yet content for no more than 5 minutes. For this kind of stuff (including books) Blinkist was invented

[@danbrown7562]

Thank you for your insightful review. I have searched high and low for an honest independent review of Blinkist and you have delivered. Your comment that books are already edited was gold 😊

[@peterkohout7901]

Thank you for taking the time to make this available for everyone. Your opinion is much appreciated.

[@paulgruber8820]

I use Blinkist to find books that are interesting, so a summary of the key ideas is sufficient. It's frustrating to invest 2h and more into a book and then quit, because it is not getting any better. Also the key advantage is that I don't have the time to actually sit and read (even Wikipedia articles), still can listen to the audio summary. The complete 10h audio books are just too long if the author just doesn't get to the point -> I have to know beforehand if the audio book is worth the time. Also podcasts / interviews are not a replacement for decent summaries, because interviewer could be bad at asking the right questions or they babble off-topic .. then it's already too late, already spent the time.

[@anatolydyatlov963]

I think it's pretty good when you don't use it as a replacement for reading books, but a way to summarize the given book after reading it.

[@mohammadalhajahjeh393]

I disagree the main selling point of this app is that you don't need to read i think they need to do a one hour summary or even 1:30 hour .

[@kurts7268]

Lol, best KZbin handle. Chernobyl 😉

[@codacreator6162]

Definitely as a “support” form supplement like note taking. There is no point in summarizing fiction, obviously, but key ideas as bullet-points of non-fiction is great. In the case of say, a book about quantum theory can provide a general overview in order to create reviewable material and help distill significant points to support recall.

[@codacreator6162]

Or as an indicator of material to which you may want to dedicate further resources. I look at them as the “abstract” entry in a research paper.

[@anatolydyatlov963]

@@codacreator6162 Yep, I fully agree. It's a good thing you mentioned research paper abstract sections. I would be completely lost without them xd

[@ip2489]

I've JUST downloaded it and so impressed so far. Wish I'd discovered it sooner.

[@RalphDratman]

You have convinced me that substantive books cannot be briefly summarized yet convey most or all of the content. But it is possible that Blinkist might be useful for other summarizing books that really don't contain much content..

[@darknewt9959]

Great job, thank you... addresses (and confirms) all the reservations I've had about trying the service out.

[@nikkoalpha2]

Cliff Notes of the web. Read a book summary before purchasing. Seems attractive to many busy individuals. Just like speed learning.

[@lonelywuffy]

I think blinkers helps the most is when you read a lot of books per year, most likely you have forgotten a lot of information. Blindest will really help you regain the concepts for books you read years ago.

[@astercleaning]

The app is very useful to get a glimpse of a long and technical non-fiction book before starting to read it. It gives me some mental models of what to remember and focus on while reading the actual long book. It helps me retain more information and read a book in shorter time overall. It is also great to read or listen to a summary before deciding to purchase a book.

[@eafortson]

While I did find this video very well presented, informative, and relatively balanced, the main feeling I was left with was that this was a critique of the idea of Blinkist itself rather than a review/critique of the service. It felt more like I was being persuaded away from the idea of a service like Blinkist ever being useful at all. As a person who is a relatively well read but looking to become more-so, and is frustrated by the over saturation and hype cycle of publisher marketing ( I would argue Blinkist target demographic) I was left feeling unsure about my ability to trust her opinion fully on this topic. She did pretty much allude to being slightly biased by saying she is an avid reader so I’m not insinuating she was doing this intentionally. She also did manage to give me some clues into why Blinkist might not be the right tool for me. So my critique is more an observation of the perspective she choose to approach this with and how it could be improved. Basically I’m saying I disagree that it’s impossible to distil the central arguments of dense non fiction books into 14 min chunks and do it justice. But she did convince that blinkest themselves may have failed at the task for one reason or another (tho didn’t explain exactly how they failed, only that they did). I also disagree in her opinion that their marketing was trying to appeal to people who want to sound smart without reading. I didn’t see it that way at all.

[@PeterKoperdan]

#1 She does comment specifically about the app/service 14:45. #2 Some books have more simple arguments and it should be possible to summarize those. However, some books have more complex arguments and could be impossible to summarize briefly. The girl seems to hold the view that most books cannot be summarized briefly and recommends to listen to author interviews instead. Is she right? That's debatable but I find her argument sound. #3 Even if a book is simple enough to summarize, is the Blinkist team going to do it well? Do you trust them to do that well? How do you even know that a book is simple enough to summarize? What if a book is hard/impossible to summarize? (I think that people capable of making brilliant summaries aren't going to work for Blinkist for some crappy salary but pursue more rewarding jobs.) I'm not saying that Blinkist is bullshit, but the girl does make a lot of sense. If you want to become better read than you already are, perhaps just reading more is the right way. I would personally use Blinkist as a discovery platform to show me new intresting ideas that I might want to explore further..

[@eafortson]

@@PeterKoperdan I appreciate your perspective. Though, the thought I had while reading point 1 and 2 was, thank goodness trailers exist. I love films and series, and I think trailers do a damn good job of summarising 2.5 or even 5hrs (runtime of most series) of content in 1.5-2min. Pretty sure 14min is enough time to summarise a book well enough to determine if I am interested enough to read the full work.

[@PeterKoperdan]

@@eafortson You may be right but I don't think that Headway/Blinkist market their service as a springboard for simple book selection. I think they market themselves as something that can more or less replace reading books and that's what the girl argues against...

[@eafortson]

@@PeterKoperdan Thats a very fair point. Marketing very rarely represents reality for any product. I guess I thought the review would have been better focused on her experience with the actual service being delivered and its potential utility vs a criticism of the marketing rhetoric.

[@codacreator6162]

Please keep in mind that summaries are NOT replacements for having read the original material, but companions to the originals - like portable, digestible notes that you can access in under 20 minutes or so. This is particularly useful if you’re going to need to recall or reinforce specific points prior to presentation in a meeting, seminar, or class.

[@eduardocampos8176]

I am convinced, I will keep taking my notes, summmaryzing by myself and enjoying the reafina! Thanks for sharing your impressions

[@npc1336]

That's a really good point about finding authors interviewed about their books, and the nice thing is they'll sometimes even do "tours" where they'll be on more than one podcast so you could even hit it from different angles I was on the fence about trying the app but I think I'll save my time and money for other things Thanks!

[@M0ToR]

I agree with your point of view, thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@pleasecaparzo]

I decided to subscribe to your channel because I found it informative and you are really good at explaining the details, thank you so much.

[@AaronTalented1993]

Yeah, ha thanks. I kind of guessed this but wanted to hear someone say it. I think the best Idea would be if they actually had a legit good writer to make the summaries. If they sacrificed speed of summary to be more comprehensive would be better. I have read some books in social psychology they could definitely be condensed but you wouldnt want to over do it. Bassically, the goal in reading or listening to the summary is you want to still get a great intellectual return in the shortest amount of time. Once you start losing too much value of a book it defeats the purpose.

[@ip2489]

First I watched the video without looking at anything other than the title. Then I saw the channel name and instantly subscribed. You're brilliant and exactly my kind of role model. Xx

[@astrophysics6326]

I have it right now. To be honest, nothing can ever replace reading full books. BUT, comparing Blinkist to just watching pointless content in social media, Blinkist is astronomically way better than indulging in social media. It could also be a gateway for you to eventually start reading the actual books themselves.

[@tomwright9904]

Skimming a book and reading when it's interesting?

[@daysandwords]

"astronomically way better" - Anyone who uses this phrase is pretty obviously a Blinkist type customer.

[@paulmc9203]

Excellent, detailed and most helpful Review! Many thanks.

[@m.f.8752]

Thank you for your honest review of the product. The only value I can see in Blinkest is to use in revision, like flash cards. But even then, the revision should really be your own, not someone else’s.

[@vast634]

You misunderstand: often people just want a quick overview about topics they have some knowledge about. If that particular topic interest them, or conflicts with their current assumptions, they could look deeper into it (getting a fully audio book, or reading a books or articles about it)

[@elizabethlasseigne5361]

Thank you for taking the time to do this video. I was thinking of subscribing to Blinkist as a mean to start interesting conversations with my husband. We will stick with podcasts and interviews.

[@abdi3672]

could you use blinkist as a way to see if you want to read the book or not? like a review of a book you were thinking of reading

[@KevinJohnDay.]

I am dyslexic and have difficulty processing and retaining information. Reading books from cover to cover is not effective for me, as the information doesn't stick. Even audio books don't solve this problem. However, I have found that using short articles and techniques like mindmaps and mnemonics greatly enhance my memory. Blinkist books have been a perfect solution for people like me who struggle with reading. Dyslexia has been a major challenge in my life, but I am grateful to the creators of Blinkist for providing the dyslexic community with new opportunities in literature.

[@chcknpie04]

Back in my day we called this spark notes, and before that they were CliffsNotes

[@ZephLodwick]

I listened to one Blinkest audiobook on KZbin. It could refresh you if you've read a book and want a recap after a readthrough. It's like at the end of a textbook chapter when there's a list of key takeaways. You can't just read those bullet points at the end, but they're good for settling the chapter's info in your mind. As I read something, it's all a bit of a blur, so I like to watch a video or something about the book or chapter. But you can just find those online for free.

[@tomwright9904]

What if you've read similar books?

[@PankajKumar-vi4tn]

Your review of Blinkist was very helpful. I really liked the idea of searching for interview/podcast with the author for getting high level idea of the book. That's a great advice for making a purchase decision of a book.

[@shrutisinha7966]

Thanks for the advice. Now I'll try this too

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

It reminds me of those movie summary channels on KZbin.

[@arnoldas6840]

Sapiens is already a brief summary, a condensed story of millions of years of human history. Having a summary if THAT is just unthinkable.

[@utopistmsoc]

Human history goes back less than 20k years.

[@utopistmsoc]

Sapiens is like a Nolan movie. Is designed to make dumb people think that they're smart.

[@nathaniel8622]

You confirmed my uncertainties. Thank you for talking me out of it

[@kevint3522]

I'm editing this comment because I want to be respectful of your time. I appreciate you doing this review. Having said that I only watched the first few minutes of the video. I scrolled the rest. I mainly wanted to know what you think of the app and why. I got frustrated when you didn't come quickly to the point. I can figure out how to install the app and I can find my way around it on my own. I just wanted to know what you thought of it so I can make a quick, somewhat informed decision about whether to try it for myself. Thanks for making the video, but I was too impatient to sit through the whole thing.

[@jackgude3969]

My jaw dropped at the concept of _Sapiens_ being condensed into 15 minutes

[@JesusIsaFlatEarther]

I've always thought the Bible should be condensed into one chapter, just so people who have never read it, would at least know what they're missing.

[@henatatorplays]

@@JesusIsaFlatEarther very bad idea, depending on what you mean by “chapter.” The Bible is a compilation of works, including legends, stories, records, songs, poetry, letters, and all of that type of stuff. I have no clue what a 1 chapter bible would even look like, especially considering that the bible contains dozens of books, each comprised of numerous chapters.

[@PlentitudeIsland]

@@JesusIsaFlatEarther 😂...🤔...😱

[@JesusIsaFlatEarther]

@@henatatorplays why is paraphrased synopsis of the Bible a bad idea, given the Bible's primary principles are rather simple, once you've read all the accounts. I also wish that synopsis was put as chapter zero and the last sentence would be, to not read the Old Testament first, but the New. I can't tell you the number of people who've said they only got a few chapters into the Old Testament and quit, because it didn't make sense, or was boring, etc. Maybe I should take this task on, a beginners Bible for unbelievers, former Christians and Muslims and Catholics and maybe Hindu's.

[@bloodmoneyhistory6845]

@@JesusIsaFlatEarther lmao let’s just give them the book of revelations😭😭

[@CrownofThornsProductions]

Thanks for the review but I absolutely love Blinkest. It's so perfect for me, where am at in life... Some of the books you did mention would be hard to summarize but most other books have seemed really good 😊

[@caspa7]

Thanks for this review, I was about to sign up but now having second thoughts. Then on the other hand, I haven't read full books in years. So maybe still better than nothing?

[@SpinstersLibrary]

I'd encourage you to do the 7 day free trial and see if it's for you

[@dkx11]

thanks for your honest review.

[@ESponge2000]

How about tweaking the concept of Blinkist so you have a 15-minute version, a 10 hour version, and a 5-day version and you can zoom in/out within the chapters you want to add depth? And then it’s like zooming in/out of a Google earth map.

[@zackrides265]

I agree....what about a 1hr condensation? That might be more realistic....but still, I think this is a better thing to do with fiction books. You can quite easily summarize a movie to a friend in less than 5 mins lol

[@donthecreator]

It's a cool idea, but I wonder if they built this with a leaner model in mind. They probably don't have the resources to actually do in-depth summaries unless it became a community platform. Maybe the latter is the answer, but then you have Medium and podcasts etc.

[@ajbbayawak]

she got a point..

[@gaildoughty6799]

“No...no...no” Correct! This site is...not necessary or even desirable.

[@SpinstersLibrary]

Most definitely not...

[@sajuhasan6147]

Good

[@hisgenerals3793]

Thanks for your review, just what I needed. Very thorough

[@furkankoroglu7864]

I also tried it and I think it can be useful to listen before reading the book. Many times I get distracted while reading english (a foreign language to me) books so knowing what to expect before reading "the big book".

[@sililtatchu]

I use it to improve my english skill. So far so good

[@mannyponce2230]

1. Thank you so much for this review. I can kinda grasp what you meant and maybe Blinkist is not for me. 2. Thank you so much for the indirect Sapiens recomendation. I just bought the book after watching this video 💙

[@romanacacija4910]

That's such a great review, thank you!!

[@Sachin-iox]

Such a cool review! Thanks. I will better go for audiobook & podcast🤟🏻.

[@BaluLeBear]

Ha I knew I heard some German in your accent there! :P anyway, thanks for the video!!

[@craftshark3221]

when I tried Blinkist a year ago , the selection seemed far too limited in my tastes of genres

[@indiantechnologyguy]

this is oxymoron. people lack of time will not stay for 19 mins watching this video. forget about reading this comment. but for all of you who will read this. I agree with her, book be it fiction or non fiction will not be enjoyed / absorbed in compressed form. This may be hugely biased. but I prefer re-reading great books I loved. and will not prefer to read shorter version even if I have read it.

[@pikomedia]

I truly enjoy your reviews and I hope that you'll keep up the good work. Regarding blinkist, I'd like to comment to say that you'd have to compare what's comparable. Making a 15 min summary of a 300-page book seems like a challenge and I have no idea whether blinkist does a good job or not. However if you compare the 15 min condensed version with the unabridged book, it seems obvious that it'll be an uneven match. I'd guess that anyone who's likely to pay for digests rather than investing time in reading the source material sees some value in it. My bottom line is that choices are made in any summary, and that it's perfectly fine as long as one presents it as such.

[@saintdonoghue]

This was above and beyond the call of duty on your part! Are you now going to get spam emails from Blinkist for the rest of your life?

[@SpinstersLibrary]

Luckily I know how to scroll to the bottom to the email and find the nearly invisible "unsubscribe" button 😉

[@jaimel2037]

Maybe they’ll offer her a job, if they’re as smart a company as the hype is saying 😉

[@amtresus]

Vielen Dank, dass du deine ehrliche Meinung dazu preisgibst, wollte gerade ein Abo abschließen, weil ich Wirtschaftsbücher testen wollte, aber nicht mal dafür reicht es anscheinend! Lg

[@leestringer]

I haven't tried it yet, but my issue is that I find when I'm reading a book, there is that one paragraph or sentence that is a "aha!" moment, that crystalizes everything in the book. An abridged version would probably be missing that.

[@jimbonde5813]

Die-hard readers like this lady have a lot of trouble viewing this app positively, but I really don’t think Blinkist should be compared to reading actual books like this. Obviously they’re short summaries (I often wish the summaries were longer myself), but in the modern age where ADHD is everywhere and reading is at all time lows since most younger people are fed instantly gratifying media all day long, I think it’s an important tool for people to still hear the constructive themes these summaries provide from books based on thorough research. Rather than comparing these to actual books I think a batter comparison would be the 15 minute ‘educational’ videos people watch all the time on KZbin, and in that sense I think Blinkist has the potential to do a lot more for the modern young consumer overall.

[@Liberty-rn4wy]

I think I save a lot of money using Blinkest. I think it does have some limitations (how can they not have a summary of Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind, one of the most important books of the last 25 years, for example). Also, 6,500 books is pretty limited. If you think about how many books that would be in a bookstore, it is about 5 to 10 full bookshelves (both sides). Now compare that to the million or so books on Amazon. However, I do like it, still. For example, there is a book about the Mongols and Ghengis Khan. I am not really interested enough to read the book and buy it but got a decent summary of what it is about in 15 minutes. And I can do that while jogging or cleaning the house. I am reading Nietzsche in German and find it tough going. having a 15-minute summary of the book to help me is helpful. The subscription was not expensive (under $50 for a year) and I think it is worth it.

[@elizavetasigova5030]

I've always been skeptical of that app. Never tried it, but I don't think it makes sense

[@SpinstersLibrary]

Yeah, it's pretty much as you'd expect

[@liha810]

I LOVE THE NAME ELIZAVETA. ONE oF THE "PRETTIEST" AND UNUSUAL NAMES IVE HEARD IN AWHILE !

[@daysandwords]

It's garbage. The problem is, in its "summaries", it cuts out so much nuance that it states ideas that the author actually DIDN'T want to convey, but because they made that argument in the first half of a chapter, Blinkist will conclude that this is a key takeaway of the chapter. Also, I cancelled it IMMEDIATELY and they still charged me. I've written to them and they get ONE shot at giving me my money back immediately, otherwise I'm making a video about how it's a scam.

[@khurmiful]

I was looking to use it as a detailed review of a book. And then make a decision about buying it. My choice of books often leaves me unsatisfied as far as contents are concerned. A was hoping the app would help.

[@real_name_hidden3465]

How about using this in the other way around, listening the summary then if sounds interesting, get and read the full book?

[@cryswerton-silva]

Thank you for your honesty.

[@inuysha360]

You've saved me a lot of money, thank you.

[@christianhills6947]

I do agree with you. I like the idea of a summarised book but I doubt 15 min is sufficient .A regular sized book can take me between 7-10 hours to read. So I doubt I can get all the valuable information in 15 minutes.

[@MarcNash]

You rendered us an important public service here and I commend you for taking one for the team

[@jcatmusic]

Excellent review of Blinkist! Thanks. Totally agree that a podcast with the author is a better "short read" that a summary of unknown origin

[@zilixer6093]

i think the key problem is... Nuance needs fulls a explenation an explenation that the auther may not even portray full and to condence it lessens the information into somthing that is more like somones interpretation of the information witch can be a millon diffrent things from a single sentince depending on how packed with informatin it is.

[@kimbeckett1486]

I've had Blinkist for over a year and I love it! It helps me decide if I want to buy a book that I'm interested in. Also I am able to browse many different books that time would not normally allow me to do.

[@maxschubert345]

Are you a bot?

[@kimbeckett1486]

@@maxschubert345 no, just a person who would like to read more books than I'm able to.

[@lbarkasz]

Great video. Was interested in blinkist but your arguments are echoing the same reservations that I already had.

[@ΣπυροςΣακελλαροπουλος-υ2χ]

Great video. Although I have never tried such an app, after being exposed to so much advertising, I thought to myself that it would be about showing off, either in a private conversation or on business. And it's like wanting to lose weight by having just a pill. It's about eating your cake and have it too. Sorry, it won't work, you have to struggle to get benefit.

[@roslolian11]

I think this makes sense cuz most people dont retain most what they read. Ask people what they got from who moved my cheese after a month and they only retain the main points

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

Thank you for doing this, I’ve seen the adverts and have been curious but will now avoid!

[@SpinstersLibrary]

No harm (except to your patience) in trying the free trial if you're still curious :)

[@kevinzhang8818]

Omg that "key takeaway" for Sapiens made me laugh. Like who on earth doesn't know that already? Why do I need to pay to know that lol. They need to step up their games for sure.

[@redmed10]

The main problem with blinkist is you are letting others decide for you what are the key ideas.

[@intotyping8029]

Thank you, loved your commentary!

[@6242-j1z]

do you have a video on shortform app?

[@santiagolarrinaga7442]

what about Shortform? they have more in depth summaries.

[@yuvirin5808]

Mam what abot audiobooks option in blinkist? Can I read more than one audiobook in a month or I purchased it separately by paying extra ₹250 for each and every audiobook apart from yearly subscription money? Please reply us as soon as possible for you 🙏🇮🇳

[@pashtoscienceacademy1029]

The moment you said I am a fiction reader I skipped your video .Thank you for your review

[@akhan3682]

Superb - this is exactly what I expected. Someone paid to pinch out the 15 min blurb of a book. Having read Mastery (twice) by Green and there is no way a 15 min distillation could do any level of justice. You said it better, thanks for making and sharing this video!

[@asmalljoy]

Okay. But side note, your eyes look even more stunning, dare I say magical, with this eyeshadow in the intro. As an avid non-fiction self-help reader, I don't really like the overall tone of this service. Sure, the key points are important but the supplemental anecdotes, studies, research analysis help the reader digest the information and create space to demonstrate the importance of the key points at the reader's individual circumstance. And also, it encourages this idea that a lot of general information is helpful to a person, that consuming as much information as possible as quickly as possible is admirable. And to me, this binging of information isn't admirable or helpful. /end rant. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. :D

[@Andres-qq9br]

Well you could have used one of those books in the fee trial and learn how to make a review. Since you basically just spent 20 minutes hating on this app just because you don't like, that's not review...

[@nickbanderson]

Savage lmao

[@timkdiamond]

Totally get what you're saying... You pretty much can condense anything down to 30 seconds though.

[@manuelritta26]

Thank you ! Great help nice review .. good work :)

[@Daniel24653800]

I think blinkist or other apps like this should not be an replacement for books .You can really gain more benefit if you use it during reading the actual books. 1. May seen as an intro to decide whether you want to buy the book. 2. Use it as an pre-read of an book (learned this from another ytuber but i forgot the name) 3. Make an mind map using this app and then its like fill in the blank while you're reading the actual book.This really boost my reading speed. Don't think of blinkist as an magic app or sth .just consider if all the function above worth the money or not.

[@paulmc9203]

Has it improved since 2020?

[@mbmillermo]

Spinster's point can be summarized thusly: It is impossible to summarize. But if that's the conclusion, did we really need to sit through this video? Obviously, I don't really agree with this conclusion. Of course we cannot replace the book with its summary, but I think these summaries can play important roles in our learning. First, we can listen to a bunch of summaries to get a feel for what a field is about. Then we can pick from among the summarized books several that we would like to read in full. Then, armed with our summary knowledge, we can read those books more effectively, prepared to dig into certain issues, looking for discussions of particular topics that are more controversial or important. A summary is always incomplete, or you might say inadequate, but it is what it is and I can find a good use for it.

[@IgnoreMeImWrong]

Jeez, why couldn't she just say that instead of all the rambling?

[@chopra1073ify]

People with a lot of money or no life, kids will have a lot of time reading many books a month or year, but for everybody else who are normal, Blinkist is the best App. I totally disagree with her view.

[@Inuhater]

I’m.a dumbo and thought blinkist offered condensed book that were longer, 15 mins definitely doesn’t cut it. Especially since I was hoping to use it for some psychology books. Appreciate your review

[@christianarayal8771]

Very IMPRESIVE LACK OF CAPACITY OF synthesising from this lady , amazing and a paradox , considering the subject

[@yuvirin5808]

Mam Audible give 1 credit for 1 audiobook for a month on ₹199/month and 30% discount for extra purchase in a month. But what about blinkist audiobook mam?

[@billmyke746]

Digital CLIFF notes. Nothing new here at all. These were good to read AFTER one reads the actual entire book. So I agree with your overall conclusion.

[@t.w.8174]

As an academic, the concept disgusts me. As a person, the first thing I think of are arrogant people who want to seem smart.

[@wolfofallstreets5901]

Lovely video. Thank you for the info.

[@asyiqinsofian6228]

For a person who just started out reading habit like me, this app helps but not that satisfying. i've finished reading Rich Dad Poor Dad. Next day i listened to its blinks. it summarises, yes. but not wholly. and i think if i only listen to its blinks without reading the book by myself, i would get the infos, yet very few infos i personally feels. and the inspirational part of the story would never gets me through blinks as it does through the book. for a person who just wants to fulfill their time with beneficial activities, blinkist would do good. just not as best as reading the book for sure, especially with the understanding and inspiration from the author himself.

[@alaskanwarrior5557]

I'm looking for readers who can summarize books in a specialized way, with demands on the overall objective of the book, the main point of the book, important notes and sections that were learned, eg breaking down a 300 page book into 20-30 pages of real content and what they were inspired from. This can greatly vary since not all books are created equally.