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I'm a big fan/geek/whatever you want to call it over personality frameworks like Myers-Briggs, etc. So I was mildly curious about Bogel's book discussing several different frameworks and how she has learned to use them in her life and relationships through the years. Bogel is quick to point out that she isn't an expert in these frameworks or in personality typing but just an enthusiast who has studied them for a number of years. Honestly, I'm not sure how this ended up in a book deal for her. I know a number of people who are also personality-type enthusiasts and nobody has published a book about it. *shrug* This isn't a criticism of Bogel, I am an avid listener of her podcast "What should I read next?" and enjoy her knowledge on books and reading. But I'm baffled as to how she pitched this idea and got it picked up as an entire book.
Bogel spends the chapters of this book outlining the defining characteristics of several kinds of personality frameworks and weaves in examples from her own life about how they have helped her. She also leans on examples given by friends, family, and other authors. She draws some comparisons to various literary characters (of course) for examples of them as well. I suppose what Bogel offers in her book is a lay person's overview instead of explanations of the frameworks potentially getting bogged down by academic speak, etc. I found myself "skimming" the book instead of reading it...and I was reading it via audio! So basically that means I kept finding my attention drifting off while listening to it and then having to shake my head, literally and figuratively, to get my attention back to the book. Her chapters on Myers-Briggs I found the most interesting but I do not recommend reading those chapters, or maybe the book in its entirety, via audiobook. The information she shares, if it catches your interest, is best read in print, or else you risk forgetting it completely. That said, I don't think I would have enjoyed the book any more if I had read it in print - I'm guessing I would have skimmed it just as much and/or abandoned it all together had I read it in print.
Bogel spends the chapters of this book outlining the defining characteristics of several kinds of personality frameworks and weaves in examples from her own life about how they have helped her. She also leans on examples given by friends, family, and other authors. She draws some comparisons to various literary characters (of course) for examples of them as well. I suppose what Bogel offers in her book is a lay person's overview instead of explanations of the frameworks potentially getting bogged down by academic speak, etc. I found myself "skimming" the book instead of reading it...and I was reading it via audio! So basically that means I kept finding my attention drifting off while listening to it and then having to shake my head, literally and figuratively, to get my attention back to the book. Her chapters on Myers-Briggs I found the most interesting but I do not recommend reading those chapters, or maybe the book in its entirety, via audiobook. The information she shares, if it catches your interest, is best read in print, or else you risk forgetting it completely. That said, I don't think I would have enjoyed the book any more if I had read it in print - I'm guessing I would have skimmed it just as much and/or abandoned it all together had I read it in print.