Reviews tagging 'Death'

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

116 reviews

greymalkin's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Well written, with excellent pacing and characters that are easy to get very emotionally invested in.  While some of the lessons and patient stories were just a little bit too perfectly tied together (which made them feel a little false even if they are/were real people), overall it was very enjoyable.  I really liked this insight into how a therapist might deal with the stresses of their job and personal life, and the particular niche in society that they fill.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death

udari's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

popiloey's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, and Grief

mst3kakalina's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Infertility, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

alyssa_simard's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

tnociti's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Child death, and Car accident

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

meemawreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

Lord-a-mercy, y’all, this one took me a while to finish! Largely because it was only available as an e-book and I hate loathe and despise reading on my phone, but also because it was a tough read. At one point, I got so introspective about my own mortality that I dissociated and had to nap to recover 😳 It made me cry in public (twice) and many more times in private. I’ll go ahead and tell ya, this was a five-tater read.
I came to know of Lori Gottlieb through reading her “Dear Therapist” column in The Atlantic. I always appreciated her insights so when I learned she also has a podcast AND this book, I jumped on both. This book is partially memoir, partially an anonymous mosaic of clients she’s mashed into unforgettable characters. You learn how she unconventionally came to the role of Therapist while getting to know these clients and their struggles; then you meet her therapist and watch her own transformation after a devastating breakup. The whole book moves chronologically to her “termination” with several clients and her own therapist, and her heartwarming quote, “In the best goodbyes, there’s always the feeling that there’s something more to say,” sticks out to me. So much of what we struggle with in life (and then go to therapy for) is loss, change, goodbyes. It can be hard to let go of relationships, experiences, anger, etc. but “we can’t have change without loss.” I learned a lot from this book and took away a new gratitude for my ability to attend therapy, and appreciation for the people who do this hard work. Having a heart is hard, sweet babies. Take care of yours. 
Like I said, 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔/🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

ncoletti's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Miscarriage

sarahlovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness