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Summary: Some interesting background/foreground
Review: This is an interesting and compelling book about mental illness. The author says that mental illness does not have anything to do with creativity, but that one may be both creative AND mentally ill.I'm not disputing this, as such, but since there is a far, far higher evidence of mental illness in those who _are_ creative, I'm wondering how the author explains this fact? There some interesting information on the web about this book that I think readers will enjoy. First to the "Salon" article about Carl Friedan's web site about his ex-wife (not going to go into the morality or lack of it of puttings ones angst online... where Carl emotes thus: "Then again she must have known of these fits - she kept reading and rereading the novel, "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.........After a while the cover of the book was completely frayed. That's when I realized she was so obsessed by it." Now I don't buy Carl's line that his wife was crazy nor that she was looking for solace or answers in this book. Just thought others would like to know the fact that one of the pioneers of feminism apparently really liked this book. Interesting.
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Summary: so real!
Review: i found this book by chance and started reading it. it was very emotional for me- i even threw it across the room. it scared me because i understood. this is a very accurate depiction of what it feels like to be a mental patient and have it tear ur life apart! i know because i have just been diagnosed w/ schizoaffective bipolar disorder...it is so scary. i'm glad this can share that feeling to others
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Summary: I never Promised You a Rose Garden - Joanne Greenberg
Review: A tough book. A book of the world of insanity. Deborah, a young woman suffering from her own world beyond the realms of earth. This book was a great read for me. A little tough in the beginning. Once through the edgy outer skin, you engulf yourself into an adventure beyond your normal thinking. A wonderful book for more mature and adult audiences, because of the adult overtone and difficult vocabulary. Although disturbing to some, I give this book 4 stars for the nature of it, and the telling of the story. I find myself thinking along to decide what should be done and I found myself being taken in by the characters and feeling for them. Again, for mature audiences, but a wonderful book as well.
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Summary: True story!
Review: This is actually a true story (although it is fictionalized somewhat). At the time, so much shame was associated with having a history like that she originally published it under the pseudonym "Hannah Green." It took place at Chestnut Lodge in Maryland, and her psychiatrist, Furii, was Freida Fromm-Reichmann, a well known and respected psychoanalyst at the time. She had been married (and divorced, I believe) from Eric Fromm, another well known psychoanalyst and author of The Art of Loving.
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Summary: Poor writing
Review: Although the concepts and story expressed are excellent, the level of writing is very poor. It is all "telling," no "showing." It is as if you are reading a book written by a 9th grader. Otherwise, it is very interesting, absorbing, and moving, especially if you can get past the first 100 pages.
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Summary: An excellent book ....
Review: I read this book a long time ago, and it has always inspired me. I started reading it and did not put it down until I was finished. I have recommended this book to many people and even went as far as to buy it for my teenage daughter, who was very thankful after she read it.
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Summary: A wonderful book!
Review: I was reading veeeery slowly at the beginning, but after like 20 pages I started liking the book. It is written very well and shows what psychotic ppl go through. As I am mentally ill too (depressed and a little paranoid) I always like books which show that I am not the only one, and in this case, showing me that my problems are nothing in comparism to Deborah's. And however difficult things were for her, she found a way back into life. WOW! That s so great :)
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I am a Freshman in high school, and I found this book to be rather slow and confusing. It had more of a science fiction feel than I anticipated, with the main character's other world. It seems like the author knows what she wants to say with the other world, but she's not making it clear to the reader, atleast to me. The book was kinda boring in the beginning, but it gets more interesting. Even so, while I was reading it, I was waiting for it to end. When it was over I didn't think it was a terrible book, but the ending was nothing spectacular. I wouldn't recommend it, except maybe if you're big on science fiction.
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Summary: This is a great book!
Review: I felt this was a great book, although it can be confusing sometimes, with the whole concept of another world. I am only a freshman in high school and am reading this book for a report. My classmates really enjoyed the presentation, and now a lot of them are reading it. This book makes you take a different outlook on mental illness, and also a different look at your life.
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Summary: One book you can live without!
Review: This has to be one of the worst novels I have ever read... It starts out pretty good, but becomes confusing in the middle and the end of the book. I know it was based on a true story, and I really feel sorry for the person who lived through it, but the novel stunk!
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