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The Examined Life: How We Lose And Find Ourselves (2013)

by Stephen Grosz(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0393079546 (ISBN13: 9780393079548)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: Despite being fascinated by psychology and the inner workings of the human mind, I found this book extremely boring. I expected so much more from a highly experienced psychoanalyst using his own real world experiences with clients. The book included several stories but each one revealed very little information, ended abruptly without prompting intrigue, and barely made room for the reader to develop a minimal interest in the client. I didn't even finish the book. Very disappointing!
review 2: I enjoyed the individual stories of the author's patients which were quite interesting and clearly carefully chosen by the author for what they have to say about how we lose and find ourselves in a psychological sense. However, I couldn't help but wish for more unifying na... morerrative from the author. Simply titling the book and the narratives did not provide me with enough structure or framework for understanding the psychological mechanisms at work. less

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