Erg. Contains some useful advice but the more I read, the less I like this book. First off: "innies" and "outies"? I know it's an easy way to talk about introverts and extroverts but it makes me feel as if I'm in fifth grade. I found that while reading this book I often felt like a first grader who was being explained things very, very slowly and very, very simply. She mentions in the first chapter that she breaks things into teeny, bite sized sections so us introverts don't become "overwhelmed", which I thought was a little ridiculous and condescending. I think everyone is different, but as an intovert, one of my abilities is to take more complex things and deconstruct them - I don't need information spoon fed to me.

She also spends time of how slow introverts are - we think slowly, we talk slowly, we move slowly, we eat slowly. I don't think this is true at all! Just because I need quiet time to recharge doesn't mean I'm a turtle.

Finally, for all the espousing she does about being proud of your introversion, many of her tips seem to align with acting as a pseudo-extrovert rather than imbracing your own introverted style. For instance: she points out that introverts often value intellectual conversation and dislike small talk. Then she goes on and recommends conversation starters that revolve around the weather, or other inane topics. There is a reason I struggle with small talk and don't use those conversation starters: it's not how I want my conversations to go!

I think this book would only be helpful to a small subset of people: namely, people who are exactly like the author. I didn't glean much from it. I found Susan Cain's Quiet to be much more empowering in terms of embracing and managing my introversion than this book was - and it didn't insult my intelligence.