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This book has the same style of pseudoscience psychobabble commonly popular through Malcolm Gladwell books. Much of the evidence are clear instances of p-hacking or outright speculation. As a result a lot of the conclusions make surface-level sense ("I'd believe that!") but fall apart on further reflection ("Wait that sounds dumb."). Examples include the correlation of introversion to blue eyes -- the author says Disney may have known that already by giving their princesses blue eyes -- and the tying together of introversion with volume of voice. Most of the facts are only defensible by references to scholarly articles that probably wouldn't survive a Retraction Watch review.
Overall, while there are some nuggets on how to handle mixed relationships, the book as a whole can be dismissed. I get why this book got popular: people wanted to believe it was true, just like Gladwell's 10,000 hour assertion that was fabricated and debunked. But it'd be better to find a book on extroversion and introversion that wasn't fake science. Wherever that book is, it's more valuable for your time than this book.
Overall, while there are some nuggets on how to handle mixed relationships, the book as a whole can be dismissed. I get why this book got popular: people wanted to believe it was true, just like Gladwell's 10,000 hour assertion that was fabricated and debunked. But it'd be better to find a book on extroversion and introversion that wasn't fake science. Wherever that book is, it's more valuable for your time than this book.