Are you an introvert or an extrovert?  Maybe you’re an introvert that is pretending to be an extrovert.  It could be that you’re an extrovert that is good at self-monitoring.  Possibly, you’re an ambivert.  Don’t panic! (Unless of course you are a highly reactive introvert.) All will be revealed in Susan Cain’s book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.

Cain does a good job of explaining the science of personality through definitions and medical studies, but also through interviews and even personal stories.  Extremely interesting and thoroughly researched, the book reads quickly and gives the reader great information to do with what they will.  Cain’s hope is that those who read the book will gain insight into the human mind and more specifically the personality traits of introverts.  She does this with superb clarity, letting the reader realize that a lot of what she says we already intuitively know but may not fully understand the value of.  Informative and entertaining, this book is definitely a worthwhile read.

Content Analysis:

Language/Profanity: 10 Mild Obsenities; 1 anatomical term.

Violence/Gore:  Few references to verbal threats.

Sex/Nudity:  Few references to cuddling or lying in bed with spouse, romantic in nature; One reference to live-in boyfriend/girlfriend situatioin; Few references to pornography and how the brain reacts to it, non-graphic; Few reference to sexual intimacy and it’s effect on the brain and/or personality, non-graphic.

Mature Subject Matter:

Segregation, racism, sexism, addiction, pornography, divorce.

Alcohol / Drug Use:

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