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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Not to bag on it, but I really disliked Quiet by Susan Cain.
The first 1/3rd of the book was good, however it devolved into parroting itself quite frequently and was often riddled with very poor analogies and evocative phrasing that really soured me on the author's standing.
Basically it comes off a lot like that which she makes fun of a fair bit (self-help), which is ironic.
That said, Stringer is wonderful.
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Fair comment on
Quiet. In the second part it seems to excuse introverts from participating in the world. Maybe not a great book, but it is an important book in that many introverts will recognize what they are for the first time, and extroverts can learn how introverts are different. I used to think there was something wrong with me for not wanting attention or not wanting to go to big public functions. Shyness is not introversion.
Stringer was featured on
The Daily Show last week.