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The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre is a free NetGalley ebook that I read into early September.
I had come in, already curious about what I recognized from an episode of Drunk History: its origins in the mother/daughter duo of Katharine Cook (pious, marries young to Lyman Briggs who is a scientist) and Isabel Briggs-Myers (Katharine's only child, diligently and punitively disciplined by her mom, codes her journal with initials to indicate what kind of boy she's dating until she meets 'Chief' Myers). It's philosophically rich and thought-provoking, ventures into a lot of welcome side plots (the lifelong power play between Katharine and Isabel, the test's deep inspiration from Jungian theory, and Katharine's mean, pre-Dr Spock articles on parenting), but ultimately loses me with the test's WWII espionage and academic implications.
I had come in, already curious about what I recognized from an episode of Drunk History: its origins in the mother/daughter duo of Katharine Cook (pious, marries young to Lyman Briggs who is a scientist) and Isabel Briggs-Myers (Katharine's only child, diligently and punitively disciplined by her mom, codes her journal with initials to indicate what kind of boy she's dating until she meets 'Chief' Myers). It's philosophically rich and thought-provoking, ventures into a lot of welcome side plots (the lifelong power play between Katharine and Isabel, the test's deep inspiration from Jungian theory, and Katharine's mean, pre-Dr Spock articles on parenting), but ultimately loses me with the test's WWII espionage and academic implications.