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The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
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I just had to take off a star from the ranking I gave this book yesterday. Grosz knows how to tell a story, but I wanted more depth in the case studies and analyses. Everything seemed too simple, too easily resolved, too basic.
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July 19, 2013
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June 13, 2014
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Jun 14, 2014 10:31AM
Is it a mass-audience book, and therefore dumbed down a bit? Sounds very disappointing.
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I think that's part of it, Richard. There are also some chapters that offer generalizations rather than a focus on on specific case, and those especially seemed much too pat to me -- almost like the most generic kind of self-help book (which is saying something). It reads very quickly, but that's because the substance is so thin. Very disappointing indeed. :(
Oh yuck. Well then, another lovely entry into my "File 13 This" docket.
Yes, I can't see this being a book you'd enjoy.
I'm always appreciative of a friend who takes the proverbial bullet for me. Thanks for the helpful review, Kris.
Glad to have saved both you and Richard, Sue.
I found it strangely boring! Only managed to skim it and pull out a couple quotes.
Excellent review Kris. I think anyone reading it for a glimpse at great psychoanalytical insight may be disappointed. I read them almost as if they were [fictional] short stories, and enjoyed them very much as such.I do agree that pulling someone in for sessions 4-5 times a week seems excessive (unless a patient is in extreme distress). In my experience, psychotherapy's greatest effects come in the days or weeks after a session, when your mind has had time to process what was said. But I'm no expert :-)
Fiona you would probably like Sidney Rosan's "And My Voice will go with you " The Teaching tales of Dr. Milton Erickson
