Peter
If you consider yourself to be an introvert, it's a must-read. You'll finally stop to feel like a weirdo because of that. And if your family members/friends are extroverted, you can always loan the book to them ;)
Not one of those ‘things-you-already-knew' books. Offers new perspective for extroverts (let's face it - we all know at least one who !needs! to read this). Susan describes and tries to explain basic differences between introversion and extroversion, all backed up by a bunch of scientific research.
Disturbing and even though I finished it just 2 days ago and it's still stuck in my head, it'll be hard to forget. Creepy without one blood drop or cheap action.
Author described Frederick's character so well, that I couldn't stop thinking during the whole book: did he made the main character so believable just because of his narrative talent? I mean, there are really good narrators, but some of them, including this one, are on the edge. They manage to create a character so real, that I always wonder, where the fiction ends and where they start to express their own secret motives and desires, no matter how sick or socially unacceptable those are. However, the author can still remain safe in the shadow of his own creations.
My inner music nerd moaned with pleasure (so yeah, hell of a book). Especially if one is afraid to admit in public that he remembers albums exclusively thanks to the cover art - this affair becomes really intimate.