KN's Reviews > Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement

In itself this book is relevant and well researched. The focus on early achievement has taken over the lives of children and their parents in this never ending battle to reach the top. It seems that the rat race now starts right from the time a child reaches the schooling age and continues well into adulthood. It is a sorry state of affairs.

So why didn't I read this book to its completion? Honestly I felt that the point of the book is clear enough in the first few chapters. In fact I paused after reading the first chapter itself. On browsing through the other chapters i found a repetition of the central message of the book i.e. late bloomers are not necessarily bad. Early bloomers are not necessarily perfect. It was filled with too many anecdotes for me to spend more time reading through it. I got the point of the book early on and am choosing not to complete it to its entirety.

If you're a concerned parent, you may find the book more relevant and worth completing. For the rest, I'd simply suggest finding a good summary or a TED talk or something.