Mario Puzo syndrome

i experienced a classic case of the mario puzo syndrome while reading the tipping point, by malcolm gladwell. before that i'd read Blink, which was actually his 2nd book, so that, most people have read tipping point first...I liked what i read in blink, but the person i borrowed tipping point from vehemently maintained that blink is crap and nothing compared to the tipping point. well!, i felt otherwise..whle blink was an interesting read throughout, tipping point started of nicely but the middle pages featuring sesame street were such a drag..the ideas seemed to be a tweaked version of those in blink....probably the others felt the same for blink after reading tipping point first...even so, i must admit that tipping point does overcome the syndrome at times..surely blink would do too!...
...apart from the concepts presented, the most striking thought that came across my mind was the amount of time spent and dedication showed by the researchers mentioned in both the books..we had guys sending letters to over 500 people, people doing tests on hundreds of children individually and what not...i admire their conviction.