What bothers me, however, is that it dwells heavily on everything related to the emotions and sensitivity. However, it is not possible to draw the typical profile of a gifted, they may have radically different personalities. And, secondly, because of the organization of the book and the extent of the section on symptoms of malaise, I fear that some readers come to forget that what characterizes a gifted, it is above all the speed of brain functioning, no empathy or sense of justice. Thus, a gifted may very well not at all find themselves in what she describes. While, on the contrary, someone who is not gifted can completely navigate. Indeed, the sensitivity and empathy are fortunately not the prerogative of those who have a high IQ. It seems to me possible that people who are not going well can be convinced after reading this book that they are gifted and see the explanation of their suffering, and if they decide to take a test, that they find themselves falling even lower if it turns out in the end they are not gifted. It is this point that worries me.
Second aspect that bothered me: it dwells heavily on the suffering and discomfort generated by giftedness. It has a chapter that is supposed to deal with gifted going well, but it is limited roughly to mean "happy people have no history" before returning quickly to those who are not doing well. I understand that she wants to show that, contrary to conventional wisdom, giftedness is not a guarantee of academic and professional success and is not necessarily easy to live with, but I think she does too much and that it has a tendency to sink into pathos. I do not say that giftedness can not be resented and source of suffering for some, I'm just saying that we should not forget that it can also be very well lived and that it is still a chance and not a handicap. The last part of the book is devoted to solutions that can be implemented to that gifted learn to live better with their abilities and turn them into an asset. I regretted that these solutions are processed too quickly and too abstract.
In summary, I would say it was a book that contains some interesting information but which has too commercial basis. To those who want to understand what the precocity, I would recommend reading more, even if they mainly treat children and adults deal only in passing, the works of JC Terrassier, Arielle Adda or Sophie Coast.
