Lisa G. (plum-marie) - reviewed on 5/18/2016 + 117 more book reviews

One of the most fascinating books I have ever read. For being a "thinking" book, meaning not a novel you cruise through, it was a fairly fast read. I took notes and knew not long into it I'd be ordering a copy to own. Even if you are not a self-identified introvert (I totally am and highly sensitive on top of it) you work with one, are married to one, parent one, etc. Even just from a societal perspective of how values have shifted over time was interesting. I wish every person I knew could read this, even if selfishly only so they could better understand me and that it isn't that I am anti-social but that I would rather socialize differently. I also loved discovering the difference between introverted and shy (I am not shy-as it is inherently painful and introversion is not). It was eye opening and sad to realize how extrovert driven our society has become and how ill-fitted it is to my partially introverted toddler. I felt very validated as an introvert that there isn't something wrong with me but that my skills and preferences are just not the expected norm. Such a GREAT book!

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