15.02.26
Strange and beautiful, the world and characters drawn with care, and the plot, such as it was, gathering speed like a train on the tracks. This leisurely, intelligent story perhaps needed a little more steam power to really get going.
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Quiet - Susan Cain
29.03.19
Amusingly, an extrovert relative bought me this from my Amazon wishlist, saying they didn't really understand it. I can see why it's a seminal work, and it is readable and interesting. I'm not sure, however, that it will influence how I think and behave - and the odd editorial decision to alternate male and female pronouns for examples, rather than using 'they', was annoying distracting.
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