Quiet

This one gets four stars in part because so much of it resonated with me as a mostly-introvert. Cain starts out strongly, but I wondered a lot about the strength of her conceptual framework the more I read. I think it's a useful framework, recognizing how some folks are more introverted and some folks are more extroverted, but I wonder about the limits of the framework, and she doesn't talk much about the limits. I would have enjoyed a discussion of introvert/extrovert as parts of a spectrum more.

Still, if you tend toward introversion, this book provides a framework that comes as something of a relief.

I think the best and worst section is the one on being in a relationship with someone who is of the “opposite” types.