I have just recently gotten into exploring the enneagram. I relate deeply to my type 5 personality. This interactive workbook was the perfect next step for me to reflect on my type 5. Beyond the fantastic information included in this book, the authors also give you plenty of questions to ponder. You are able to take the information they present and incorporate it into how your personality type may have affected your past and present. You can then take what you learn and apply it to how you would like to incorporate change in your future. Some of my favorite aspects of this workbook include the section that discusses “origin stories/childhood wounds,” as well as how being a type five may affect your relationships with other types.

If you find the enneagram types fascinating or even mildly interesting, and you are a type 5 I would highly suggest picking up this workbook!

Enneatype 5: The Observer, Investigator, Theorist
An Interactive Workbook
by Liz Carver; Josh Green
Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds, Fair Winds Press
Pub Date 21 Jun

I stumbled upon this informative book on the Enneatype 5, one of the nine categories of personality types of the Enneagram. I'd recently retaken the test determining my type and after years of being a 4 - soulful, melancholy, longing to be special - I was suddenly a 5. Wow!

So I jumped at the chance to review Enneatype 5, and found myself explained in the pages "through in-depth descriptions, writing prompts, guided journal entries, beautiful illustrations, and more."

Highly recommended for readers who desire to know more about themselves and the people around them.

Thanks to the authors, Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds, Fair Winds Press, and NetGalley for the ARC. Opinions are mine.

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4 stars = Great! Might re-read.

Similar to the content in the author's full book What's Your Enneatype? but focused specifically on 5s. I'm a huge fan of the full book. This makes for a nice, focused approach for each type. The content is self-directed, so readers will only get out of this resource what they put into it. Tons of questions and spaces for written responses.

Content includes: moves in stress/security, wings, stances, subtypes, relationships with other types, practices to develop health.

I think this is a great first or even second tier Enneagram resource, again depending on how deeply the individual digs into the material and their self-awareness.

I've been hearing about Enneagram a lot lately, and I have several friends who are really into it. To be honest I didn't really know a lot about it and wasn't sure what to expect.
After a bit of research I must say I find it really interesting and an extremely helpful tool to understand oneself and people in our life.
I am an Enneatype five, so this little guide was very useful to me, but in my opinion this is a good guide if you already have a bit of background about the subject, not if this is your first approach to it, since it doesn't explain how Enneagram works.
I would recommend it to people who want to know more or deepen their knowledge about the subject.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Pros: The Enneagram is my favorite personality typing system because of its focus on motivations. I have found it so helpful to understanding family, friends, and coworkers and use it often in leadership positions as part of training. I have two immediate family members who are Enneagram Fives, so I especially enjoyed reading this book to learn more about them. I loved how visual this book is with graphics and charts.

I appreciate that the authors first wrote a book about discovering one's Enneagram type, which then directs people to know which individual book to read. I can't wait to read these books on the rest of the types (notably Enneagram One, because that's my type).

Cons: This isn't a con but is more a note on something I didn't expect from the description. This book is very much a workbook for Enneagram Fives rather than a book explaining what it means to be an Enneagram Five to all readers.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds Press for the opportunity to read this book!