I’ve been anticipating this book for a while, but I was a teensy bit disappointed that it seemed to equate being an introvert with being shy or disliking socialization. Introversions means we need to recharge after all the interaction we do, not necessarily that we dislike it. However, this was wonderfully illustrated and still an enjoyable read! I look forward to her next book too. :)

A short graphic novel that’s cool and fun. This book is for all introverts, how to socialize, and how to escape unnoticed being socializing. The author being a fellow introvert has felt the need to write the book. There are five chapters each for the different situations we face every day. How and when can an introvert socialize with friends, relatives, coworkers, acquaintances, and strangers! is said in minimal illustrations?

Even though the illustrations were minimal and monotoned, the comic was fun to read. The tips were surprisingly useful, and I hope to try them soon.

E-ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. Thank you, Publisher!

It's hard for me to review this book because the netgalley ebook I downloaded was not fully readable, but from what I could see see, it's amusing.

This was a great little book on how to escape situations you don’t want to be in. Each page only has about one sentence, so this is a quick read. It’s half joking and half completely doable. If you’re an introvert some of these tips will get you out of socializing when you don’t want to.

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Such a fun and enjoyable book! Loved the art style and I really related to the need for a good excuse to get out of social interactions 😂😂

As an introvert, I was immediately drawn to this book's title. If anyone spends too much time inside their heads coming up with hypothetical escape strategies from social situations, it would definitely be introverts like me. But I never knew it was something I needed, as I've never seen a beautifully illustrated book offering advice like this. At first glance, my interest was instantly piqued and I had to click to see what was inside. And I was not disappointed!

The Escape Manual for Introverts offers advice on how to escape several social situations with friends, relatives, strangers, you name it. And while much of the advice is humorous, I could relate to it all. I might have even used some of this advice already!

I love the concept of this book and I am in awe of how cute the drawings are. I believe this book would be a great gift for your introverted friend or anyone who experiences social awkwardness from time to time. Cute, funny read, for sure.

"Just because I don't want to go doesn't mean I don't like you."

Oh, how truer words have never been spoken. I want this to be on a little card I can slip over to friends and family while politely denying their invitations to huge gatherings. "That'll be a big, huge, gigantic no from me, but thanks for the invite! xoxox"

The Escape Manual is a funny little graphic novel that'll easily win over any introvert with its clever (and sometimes slightly absurd) excuses to avoid social interactions. The art is also beautifully done and so dang cute! I loved it.

I recommend to all of my fellow introverts. Enjoy!

THAT was a quick read.

Although I get that most of the scenarios and specially the solutions proposed to escape them as introverts are exaggerated and intend a comical effect, it disturbs me a bit to what extent us introverts have to go to please extroverts and not hurt their feelings because we just don't feel like socialising.

Some of the proposed "escapes" made me laugh out loud mainly because of how bizarre they were, but others made me think that there is something seriously wrong with how society works sometimes. The scenario where the introvert should buy the least expensive item in a shop and leave to avoid eager and attentive employees made me cringe. What the actual f*ck. We should embrace the freedom of saying no. Don't give a damn if other people think you're being rude. You know you're not, you just don't care about small talk. Maybe you don't care about certain people and that's okay too. Why should you waste your time with people who don't have the same interests as you or with whom you plainly don't want to talk to?

I get we live in a extroverts' world, but we should stop sacrificing so much for their sake. If you don't want to hang out, then you don't want to hang out. True friends will get it, the rest is just white noise. I won't magically like everyone I meet, so why pretend I do? People are selective, even extroverts. Nothing wrong with that.

You do you. Just be happy.

This book was a quick read and provided the reader with a variety of scenarios and ways to save yourself from being stuck in a situation you may not want to be stuck in. Some solutions were clever, some witty and some i do not think would work well at all (but may have just been for comical relief). Even someone that may consider themselves an extrovert may benefit from this book, as it will help them understand the introverts in their life better.

This is pretty basic: it's just a collection of possible scenarios you might face, and things you could say to get out of those situations. Some of them are amusing, but mostly, they're repetitive and generic, like saying "I have to go pick up (insert name of person nobody at party knows) from (insert far-away location), bye!"

I definitely expected more comedy from this and I thought it would be... well, cuter? Sigh.

Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Unfortunately there was an error and a lot of the pages didn't but the ones I saw looked whimsical with cute illustrations.

"The Escape Manuel for introverts" seemed promising, However many of the pages didn't load.So I can't give it a full review. What pages I saw I would give a 3 and a half stars. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to review this book. I do plan on possibly checking this book out maybe once its published.

Emily

This was cute and funny, but I can’t say I took away anything particularly useful from this. I would say it’s more just for a fun quick read with some things you can maybe relate to as an introvert. I wasn’t blown away by it by any means, and I had higher hopes for it. This was just alright for me. I did enjoy the cute artwork, though!

Super fun and cute. I tell literature seekers to no look here, but anyone who is or knows an introvert will appreciate the humor, wit and cute graphics of this book. Loved it!

The advice in this how-to book ranges from tongue-in-cheek to realistic. Scenerios are like mini-chapters within the chapters and include specific social situations (work events, family gatherings, roommate connections, etc.). The tips within the scenerios range from the practical to untruths to spare feelings to the very unlikely and embraces humor. The drawings feature diverse people with white, purple, and black as the main colors, which helps the eye focus on the images. I believe introverts will chuckle as they read about themselves, while extroverts can get a glimpse of the awkwardness groups can cause some. This would be a good gift book.

Thanks to the publisher for sharing a copy with me. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

“Use this “Plausibility of Excuse Absurdity” graph as a guideline to how eccentric your escape can safely be to maintain reasonable amounts of believability.” Does this book come in pocket form?
This is an adorable and hilarious book filled with excuses to help introverts avoid any and all social situations that make them uncomfortable.
ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Katie Vaz’ The Escape Manual for Introverts is a cute graphic novel which provides many ways to escape uncomfortable social situations.
It is divided into five categories:
1. Friends
2. Relatives
3. Coworkers
4. Acquaintances
5. Strangers


The art style is very cute. I really like the palette chosen for this graphic novel – everything is pastel colored. I think it is very fitting.

The escape routes provided in this graphic novel range from realistic to absolutely outrageous and even crazy. It is all very fun!
I think that everyone would enjoy this book. It is a pageturner and simply entertaining.

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

Katie Vaz's book, "The Escape Manual for Introverts" is a lifesaver for introverts. It has a list of precarious scenarios in which an unsuspecting or unwilling introvert might get sucked in to some sort of social setting and offers the introvert a bag of tricks, i.e. excuses to get out of almost anything.

This funny "guide" is filled with cute pictures and illustrations to help get her point across. Now, don't get me wrong, just because I am an introvert, that doesn't mean we can't hang out some time. What it means is that I need to have the right amount of energy and feel comfortable enough with the situation to make the endeavor.

I love the opening page's quote: "Just because I don't want to go doesn't mean that I don't like you." I think this is where many hurt comes in from extroverts who just want to be with their (introverted) friends, but said friend doesn't have the capacity to indulge him or her.

So if you are that extrovert, don't take it personal. Respect your friend's boundaries and "no," even if you are disappointed. We still want to be friends. Tonight just isn't the best time for us ;-)

This handy guide has lots of great insight to help the introvert let his extroverted friend down gently and still preserve the friendship. Win-Win!

I received this eBook free of charge from Andrews McMeel Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I did not receive any fiscal compensation from either company for this review and the opinions expressed herein are entirely my own.

Katie Vaz combines words and images for a witty book. It’s well done and worth reading and sharing.

As an introvert and someone who likes to escape from uncomfortable situations whenever possible, I couldn’t not read this book when I found it on Netgalley. I read it in one sitting over maybe a half hour or so, and it was just as cute as I thought it would be.

I guess that the first thing I want to say is that I don’t think this is necessarily the kind of book that you just sit down and read. I think it would do a lot better as a coffee table book, one that you pick up, flip through a few pages, chuckle to yourself, and put back down. I think that my rating of three stars has a lot to do with the fact that I read all of the scenarios and all of the escapes back to back, which probably made them less entertaining and less helpful.

As you might expect, some of the escapes are reasonable, some are obvious, and some are just funny. The book is clearly meant to be cute, and at that, it definitely succeeds. It has a very lighthearted vibe, which I liked, but it didn’t leave me with any long-lasting positive (or negative) feelings.