I was quite looking forward to reading another book by David Keirsey, of 'Please Understand Me' fame. However, I found this one a little disappointing. There was nothing new; in the prologue he simply repeats what he's said before about there being four temperaments, each with two main variants (as well as Introverted/Extraverted versions) and recounts the history of temperament theory.

Then he describes, in somewhat caricatured terms, each of the eight variants of the temperaments. I happen to know mine, and certainly recognised some of myself, but found the others rather long-winded and stereotyped.

Might be useful to someone wanting an overview of Keirseyan temperament theory, but not nearly as good as his other book, or those by Linda Berens on the same topic. ( )