I find many of the non-fiction books I read unmemorable. I think this is because many of them read as a collection of short essays that revolve around a chapter theme instead of following a cohesive narrative. Irresistible by Adam Alter, which comments on the rise of addictive technologies, follows this random structure.

While there are the occasional interesting idea or story, such as the browser extension "The Demetricator", which removes the number of likes, shares and comments from Facebook and purportedly makes the experience more enjoyable, most of the ideas or stories are variations or reiterations of ones we've all heard before. Perhaps as someone who has grown up with technology I am not the target audience for this book.

I think an individual who was not aware of recent developments in video games, cell phones or social media apps could benefit from this book. Otherwise, skip it.