Because it's irking me at the moment, here's one nit-picky complaint I have about Gladwell's writing. I've just come across my umpteenth "brilliant" paper/book. The word "brilliant," like the word "stupid" or the word "intelligent" can be usefully descriptive, but when it's used over and over again in different contexts within a short space it loses most of its meaning. How is it brilliant? Is it very insightful? Particularly well-written? Extraordinarily creative? "Brilliant" doesn't tell me anything worthwhile about it at all.
This was starting to turn into a longer post but I'll wait until I've finished the book first.
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