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When I worked at Ballantine Books in the early to mid-1990s, this was by far the most successful book the house had ever published (it probably still is). I couldn't get over it -- this piece of shit was a runaway best-seller? Overblown, overwritten, self-important, pseudo-intellectual -- what the h Leggi tutto

Yeah yeah, the book may be seen as a cry of independence for all women out there who need to get in touch with their "wild" side. However, my reservations: - The author tried to say that women should be who they are, but continually portrayed one single type of women: women who had artistic urges, thi Leggi tutto

This book saved my life. I was seriously struggling with an enormous amount of class-related stress, centered around a completely unsuspected attack on my creative potential. After a few months of being shredded mentally and creatively by the people I'd expected to lean on for support and physically Leggi tutto

Every feminist/spiritual/literature/writing related teacher I've ever had has told me I should read this book, so I finally did. Frankly, it was annoying. The ideas are wonderful, but the writing is obnoxious. I didn't know what the phrase "purple prose" really meant until I read this book. She also Leggi tutto

I hate self-help books. I find them preachy, and I find them privileged. They give me the shivers and they annoy me so I stopped reading them years ago ('the art of not giving a fuck' is what really sealed the deal for me). So read this review knowing that I hate self-help books and that I would nev Leggi tutto

لو قيل لي اختاري كتابًا واحدًا لتقرأه ابنتك في حياتها كلها، سيكون هذا. رغم أنه لا يأتي بجديد، ليس تمامًا، لكنه يذكرنا بما نحن عليه، بما نسيناهُ عن أنفسنا. الكاتبة مختصة في علم النّفس وهي سليلة مدرسة كارل يونغ للتحليل النفسي، تستخدم القصص للعلاج؛ حكايات منتخبة من الأساطير، قصص الجنيات، والحكايا الشعب Leggi tutto

Another reviewer summed it up: this book's cover was misleading! I know that authors often have nothing to do with how their books are advertised, and perhaps I should have read the introduction before I bought it or something, but it *still* isn't fair that I wasted my money on a book chock-full of Leggi tutto

I couldn't even finish this shit. It was patronizing and self-mastabatory, as well as incredibly reaching, overflowing with weak arguments, and otherwise full of shit. (Seriously. That story of her and the couple telling her the myth of the coyote and the penis was *SO* funny they were howling, weep Leggi tutto