The Learners Audiobook

" Liked Cheese Monkeys better - but as soon as Happy got involved with Milgrim's famous experiments- I felt the lightness of Kidd's writing couldn't bear these potentially big ideas... had a good time with the book though! "

" fantastic, a wonderful follow up to cheese monkeys, but also stands up on its own accord. any book that talks about stanley milgram's obedience experiments and darwin's tubercles (which i have) wins. the ending is a bit weak, but better than his first book's ending. and i adore his vocabulary. "

" Mad Men story line before Mad Men existed. "

" great point of departure (teacher/learner experiments) - terrible writing "

" Gotta love a book where the narrator tells you what typeface text in front of him has been set in. "

" Second book continuing after The Cheese Monkeys, and just as wonderful leaving you jaw dropped in anticipation for the third book. "

" Ken and I enjoyed listening to this in the car on our vacation. "

" Not quite done but I love the formatting, the interesting construction of a story and the understated wit. I'm going to read more of him soon. "

" A good, solid book. Not as transporting as the first one (although it is usually difficult to compete with giddy, college-days plots) but still very good. Again, Kidd needs to work on his endings. I would also really enjoy seeing him write something in the third person. "

" Three stars to indicate ambivalence. "

" chip kidd did it again. "

" Read "The Cheese Monkeys" first - its definitely a 5 star - this one is mighty good "

" It's okay. Tend to give the guy a break because he's not by trade "an author." But kind of tortuous story paralleling the advertising world with the Stanley Milgram punishment-experiments of the mid-20th c. "

" This one wasn't that easy to get through, and it wasn't even that LONG. I only stuck with it because it takes place in New Haven, where I was about to move. And the story was mildly intriguing. It's more about the fonts than the actual story, though. Which isn't necessarily a good thing. "

" Well-known theme, but fun continuation of the characters from the first book. Good writing. Satisfying ending. "

" 4 1/2 stars, for rull rull. A hilarious, interesting, fully worthy followup to The Cheese Monkeys, one of my favorites of all time. "

" Fantastic! About an existentialistic graphic designer starting out in advertising in the 60's. "

" Smart, colorful, insightful. Compelling read. More dense that I thought. It took a while to get through, for being such a small book. Highly entertaining, especially for graphic designers. "

" It's very hard to write a gay character in the 50s who doesn't seem anachronistic or tragic, but Kidd manages it. "

" chip kidd makes sense to me now. easily one of my favorite people. "

" Engaging characters with a writing style that kept my interest. Great sense of humor injected throughout the novel. "

" A fictional story around a non-fictional 1950s psychology experiment that I read about (and was horrified by) in college. Good read. "

" Oh! It's so sad if you love the first. A very different novel, than The Cheese Monkeys. "

" A let-down after The Cheese Monkeys. I felt like Kidd was trying (and failing) too hard. Not as funny and clever as he thought. A little...boring? "

" This book is interesting in both style and substance. Even though it's a sequel to Cheese Monkies, I think it can be read independently without missing much. It is one of those rare sequels that is better than the original. "

" This loosely connected sequel to the Cheese Monkeys portrays a participant's perspective of the Milgram experiment. Like the Cheese Monkeys, Kidd uses many design elements as part of the narrative. The Learners was not as quirky and fun as the Cheese Monkeys, but still a very enjoyable read. "

" Mad Men story line before Mad Men existed. "

" I love Kidd's style and his sense of humor and semi-surrealist metaphor. However, I feel like he may have done a "cop out" towards the end. I felt like he hit a tough spot in his plot development and just shrugged at it instead of moving forward. Still a very worthwhile read. "

" Ken and I enjoyed listening to this in the car on our vacation. "