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Summary: I see through her eyes & understand the hells of depression
Review: Prozac nation is a detailed account of what a person goes through with depression. For those who have no understanding of depression it sheds some light for them and it illustrates perfectly the hells that these depressed individuals can go through. For people who are depressed themselves and, it gives them something to connect to and relate to. For people who are only mildly depressed it shows them how bad things could be and that their situation isn't as bad as they think. This book leaves you pulling for Elizabeth. With every page you turn you hope that the next one will say she has found happiness. This book is not for people with low tolerance of other peoples situations or don't strive to understand. It sets a grey mood and brings you into her mind. For people who thirst to understand, are depressed and looking for something to relate to, or just looking for something to make their life not seem so bad, I recomend this book
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Summary: For anyone with depression, this book is a star in the dark.
Review: I read this book because a friend of mine who suffers from depression much like I do had read it and gave it to me. I was skeptical because many of the things that I have read about depression have been little pick me up stories that don't actually pick ME up. I read the first few pages and found myself sitting in tears clutching the book. I read the entire thing in a few hours and loved it. For anyone that suffers from depression, and there are a lot of us out there, this book sheds light, love, and understanding into the confusion that we get lost in.
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Summary: pure nihilistic beauty
Review: The cover image. The title. The words. The sorrow. The self-abusing hatred. Beauty and the beast. Elizabeth Wurtzel - to love, to admire, to hate - physical and meta-physical. Read this before you judge me
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Summary: My diary in a coherent format
Review: This book could have been written by me. I heartily recommend it to anyone trying to understand themselves, or a depressed friend/daughter/spouse/etc. I actually bought a copy for my boyfriend in hopes he will "get me," and would do the same for my mother if I weren't so worried that it would freak her out. This is one of my favorite books ever.
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Summary: completed the book in a day .... that in itself says it all.
Review: Prozac Nation ( I am giving a simple outline) 1st 100 pgs -- I say, "Quit your whining!" 2nd 100pgs -- I say, "Quit your crying ! " The rest is very interesting and entertaining .... -- Final Thought -- good justification in the end... Overall quite enjoyable ... and gained satisfaction that I had completed the book in a day .... That in itself says it all.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: This is the most honest and realistic (and honestly realistic) book that I have ever read. I feel privileged to have read this novel.
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Summary: Definitely worth reading
Review: For some reason, I didn't enjoy this quite as much as I thought I would; however, it is still an excellent read. The style is informal and sometimes humorous, yet the subject matter is very intense, which makes for unusual reading. What amazed me the most was the author's ability to lead even a shadow of a normal life (even graduating from Harvard) with such a debilitating depression (and how long it went unrecognized and untreated, for reasons which are mostly explained).
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Summary: This is my favorite book and I am an Eng. PhD student! : )
Review: Prozac Nation has touched my life in ways no other book has or ever could. I am supposed to love other literature more: Joyce, Derrida, Olson, Jabes. Wurtzel's honesty wins a place in my heart that is unrivalled by the authors I have been taught to revere. For months, I carried the book with me wherever I went. It was my teddy bear and double-edged sword. If you can handle that kind of intensity and paradox, check it out.
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Summary: Elizabeth Wurtzel has lived and described what few would.
Review: In reading "Prozac Nation..." I had remembered the article that had pointed me towards it. It was a whole article describing depression and how some people battled it...and some got beaten into the ground by it. This has truly been the one book that has captured the essence of depression and the outcomes of its wake. At an early time, Wurtzel's work would have been compared to Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" with Edna Pontellier and the devestating, yet completely abstract, suicide at the end. Yet now, Wurtzel's work defines that the mass of people who are depressed are in this turmoil that is ruining their lives. With the after effects of prozac or any other antidepressant drug is the emptiness that envelopes Wurtzel in her memoir. The dizzying strength that which she explains every moment makes "Prozac Nation..." truly special because it doesn't just say how one feels, it shows it by nearly taking the reader on a rollercoaster of complete depression that just strikes true. Usually the reader would be of great enjoyment when they themselves had suffered or are suffering depression. The book brings great hope and a note of expression that brings anyone feelings of graditude that their lives are much more simple and have less pain than others. It shows that everyone is different, and while one can seem a bit crazy...they can't really be blamed for it, it is just natural. This book is a must read for those who feel that their life is not well adjusted and going to shambles. If someone ever does feel alone, this book is a great companion towards that life of rejuvination.
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Summary: I have lived this life!
Review: Elizabeth Wurtzel knows what it is like to suffer from depression and feel like an outsider to friends and family. I read this book when it was first published, as well as an earlier magazine article that she had written on depresssion and her use of Prozac.It was like deja vu to me,the dramatics,the scenes and all the other things that go along with depression. I reccomend this book to everyone,depressed or not. It is a disturbing and true portrayal of being young and depressed.
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