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Summary: Best Depression Book I've Read
Review: I have never read something so well detailed and remembered. Wurtzel did a wonderful job with explaining everything that happened. She really opened my eyes to what my depression was and how the Prozac was working with me. Wurtzel let us see how the real life situation is, and how dangerous and deadly the disease is. It was very thoroughly researched and was absolutely wonderful. I'd reccomend this to anyone who is depressed.
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Summary: Yay good
Review: This was a very well written book. Elizabeth described her life and depression became a reality to me. I have been a sibling of one who was depressed and it made me understand the sickness better. The book did anger me a lot though at times when she would just cry and cry and cry.
'Twas a good read.
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Summary: The writing is unbearable!
Review: Though Wurtzel may have a story to tell and a few good points to make, I can't tell you all that much about it. Written in the tone of an adolescent girl gossiping with her friends, it is rambling and becomes irritating to read. It is filled with terrible metaphors, excessively long sentences, and reflective passages that completely miss the mark. There are times when I can almost hear Wurtzel speeding up and shrieking in the background... completely unenjoyable.
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Summary: SELF SYMPATHY NOT ENOUGH TO HOLD MY ATTENTION
Review: Elizabeth Wurtzel:Depressed? Yes. Unlucky? Yes. Utterly inconsolable? Yes. Self-centered? YES! I would like to start off with one positive thought: Elizabeth Wurtzel had excellent qualifications for writing this book, because she appears to have been an extremely depressed. Outside of this, I have nothing good to say about the book. The title promises a book with highly insightful things to say about depression (specifically, the experience of being depressed in America and all that it entails), but that's not what you'll find between the tortured-looking girl on the front cover, and several quotes from fashion magazines on the back. Instead, you will hear the pseudo-profound rantings of an uneducated girl who is eager to blame nearly all of her problems on her circumstances and the people in her life. I will acknowledge that her upbringing was not exactly first-rate, but it was not HORRIBLE by any means. Wurtzel makes her lower-middle-class, one-parent household seem like some version of hell... And she also implies that if only she had had more money and parents who loved eachother, she could have had a better life. Having grown up gifted and manic-depressive with two very wealthy, loving parents, I have come to understand that sometimes we need to take responsibility for our own healing; Wurtzel has either not realized that or she refuses to accept it, as evidenced by her constant whining about circumstances. Wurtzel's endless complaining gives the book a tone of unbearable self-indulgence... somewhat akin to the child on the playground who refused to share his toys. The word "I" becomes nearly as imporant as in Ayn Rand's novel, ANTHEM. One word: EGO. All of this is topped off by Wurtzel's hideous writing style, but I won't bother to go into that. I would not reccommend this book to others... one's time would be better spent with Sylvia Plath's THE BELL JAR.
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Summary: Rave reviews from high schools girls...
Review: and someone who describes her as a "heroin" - I'll leave you to your own conclusions... I also noted that most of the self described, depressed reviewers, who ranted about her tendency to go on and on about herself, managed to do the very same thing in a much smaller space. Still, she's not bad on the eyes...
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Summary: Miss Wurtzel brings to life the pain of depression
Review: I first read this book almost four years ago. Since then, I've read it three times. Miss Wurtzel painfully brings to the life the neediness, the self-aborbation, and the misery that is living with depression. The fact she survived her parents divorce, the stress of going to Harvard, and the general chaos of coming of age shows her remarkable will to survive.
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Summary: I can't believe she is still alive!
Review: Wurtzel's book is a difficult one; it is self indulgent and in some ways rambling. But as the author says, it's supposed to be. The life of a bi-polar or manic depressive person IS self indulgent and rambling. However, I would say reading the almost mundane details of her life (mundane in the extreme) can sometimes be aggravating to the reader. However, her insites with her own disease and the disease of other's are quite profound. She does not think medication is a cure all but also knows it is necessary. Quite an eye openeing book for the uninitiated.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down.
Review: I read this book in two days; it was incredible. The writing was sincere and original. The main reason I liked this book so much is because I can relate to so much of it. It's a definite must for those who have either expressed some form of depression, or have friends or family members who have experienced depression. There were moments where I laughed, moments where I cried, and even moments where I smiled. It is raw and truthful; it is definitely the modern-day version of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. I have many friends who want to borrow my copy; a friend of mine who is reading it now says it is "really good" and she can't put it down. There is something about this book, this story, that is indescribable, but pulls you in and won't let go. I think everyone can relate to at least one or two aspects of this book. It has an abundance of dry humor and witty remarks. People might be apprehensive when they look at the title, but it's truly a piece of art and unlike most books today. If you love honesty and beauty in a novel, Prozac Nation is a must have.
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Summary: close to me
Review: This was my first memoir and i liked it, it was a story and a good one to read if not real. I felt just like her and some times i thought i was her dealing with the same stuff. I had a good understanding what she is righting and wonder what keeps me from falling that far some times. Good Read will gread again and again!
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Summary: Prozac Nation
Review: This book would be good for someone who doesn't understand what depression feels like. I wouldn't reccomend it if you aren't open to hearing about deep emotions, sex, and drugs.It might be a reality check for some people, so be alert.
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