This is the first book I’ve actually read on the Enneagram, and I found it both helpful and humorous. The Road Back to You feels like a solid introduction for newcomers and a clear summary for the long-acquainted. The stories of children and adults exhibiting hallmarks of their numbers are didactic and memorable. As I highlighted passages or descriptors that resonated with me, I often felt surprise and relief that I’m “not the only one.” I would have liked a little more information about wings and manifestations of security and stress. Now that I have a basic grasp of each number, I feel more confident to approach some of the more in-depth works on the subject.

Ian Morgan Cron is an ex-pastor. Hence, The Road Back to You is written from a Christian perspective. We had never heard of the mere Enneagram concept before The Road. Basically, this is an assessment of personality types. There are other authors who have created their own interpretation of literary lists of personality types as they relate to the differing sum of qualities of the masses. This one, belongs to Cron. And Stabile.

The Enneagram states that there are nine personality styles. Furthermore, it adds that we naturally grow towards one of these in childhood, to foster survival. While this number of types seems minimal, there is still tons of room for the variation of expressions, etc.

The Road Back to You lays out the nine types through different phases of life.

It's a good read. The author(s) is/are funny. This helps as you take in all of this information.

This is the kind of book you read on paperback, the kind of book you underline, take notes, try to make connections, you look at the diagrams and honestly try to understand. I received this in an ebook form and I simply just couldn't get past the 25% mark. The author's style is something I am sure I would enjoy reading again, there is a bit of humor and fluency in writing. Despite this, I had to stop reading this book for the time being. Maybe I will resume it at a later day, in a more traditional way.

Blah, blah, blah . . . I couldn't finish this one. The writing style and the irrelevant, long-winded narratives turned my blah meter on at about 6%. I hung in there until 23%, but just couldn't do it anymore. The concept is cool, but unfortunately I couldn't get into the book enough to know if I agreed or not.