This was my book club’s pick for November.  When this made it on our list of reads for 2013-2014 I must admit I wasn’t thrilled.  It’s not the typical novel chosen for a book club discussion.  I have this aversion to reading psychology and self-help books.  This one seemed to be somewhere between the two.  I decided to give it a good try.  The first third of the book was really interesting and I learned some things that I didn’t know.  However, as I continued to read I found the book a little boring and repetitive.

What did I take away from this book?  Well mostly that introverts have qualities too.  Being quiet can be a chance to reflect and maybe make the right decision.  There is more than one way to skin a cat.  The world needs introverts and extroverts.  Most people aren’t just one or the other. They are definitely a mix of both maybe with  a little more than one or the other. You see the thing is I really didn’t need to read Quiet to realise these things .  So I’ve decided to stay positive and chalk it up to a new reading experience.  Funny thing is one of my book club buddies made the comment that the book felt like Susan Cain’s therapy.  I think she was right because it does feel little like it.

All in all it wasn’t my cup of tea and I won’t be repeating the experience anytime soon.  I prefer devoting my time to books that I really want to read.  I suggest you check out Susan Cain’s TED Talks presentation which is linked below if you’re like me and not interested in this type of book, but curious about it.  That presentation pretty much sums up the overall view of the book very well.