Quiet the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking

There were times I wish I could give a half star more. But such is life. Regrettably, I went into this book with a bias. And you might think that I, as an introvert–not fully textbook, but 3/4 textbook–would have gone in favourably. Not so. Actually, I went in fully dubious, although I wanted to like this book more than I did. A better review is on here already, one with which I mostly agree regarding issues of the book. But this book also does what mainstream gender science books do all too often. The woman brain/man brain dichotomy (that doesn't really exist). This is the extro/intro dichotomy. She makes a couple throw away statements about how most people are a mix, but that's not really covered. All in all, I came away feeling like extroverts were the ‘man' brain–the action-oriented dopes who don't think about things enough and look before they leap. And introverts, why! we are brilliants artists and angels and scientists and geniuses.

Also, any adherence to the general physicality of an introvert is b.s. Dr Blahdyblah Kagan hypothesized that male introverts are skinny, blue-eyed, moony dreamers. Well, that describes exactly none of the men I know who are primarily introverts. Yawn. Oh, right, and those introverts could only be white men. Double yawn.

Don't get me started on the race chapter. Which only covered one other ethnic groups besides white. Oh, and rich. Since she's a Harvard Law grad and does important work, she has absolutely no conception that people could be NOT rich. At least, that's what it seems like. A poor introvert won't take much away from her advice regarding self and children.

Seriously, this book reads mostly like it's for the rich, primarily white set. It doesn't discuss introverts in other socio-economic walks of life, other races, anything really. There's no subtlety. So whilst I deep down wanted to like this book, it was only meh.