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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
40 reviews
esimplicity's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy
erikalv97's review against another edition
5.0
It was a marathon-like experience for me to read this because it brought up a lot of doubts and stuff, but it was an amazing read.
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Abandonment
stories's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident
ivana's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
jojo_'s review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Misogyny
savvylit's review against another edition
2.0
Ultimately, though, I'm not sure what this book was trying to achieve. Other than the behind the scenes glimpses, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone seemed to be lacking in insight. Unlike other nonfiction that I have enjoyed reading, this book felt disingenuous and had no significant takeaways. Perhaps Gottlieb's past in television is what made her composite patients seem more like exaggerated caricatures than real people. In my opinion, that's what leant this book a consistent trite and overplayed quality.
Furthermore, at 400 pages, this book was interminable to me. I nearly set it aside for good multiple times. I really think that it was trying to be too many things at once. It was both an autobiography of Gottlieb's life and also an exploration of therapy and the importance of connection. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone would have been much more effective if it had just been about therapy. Mixing her behind-the-scenes takes with tons of background regarding her academic and career choices felt unnecessary and self-indulgent.
I would not recommend this book. Perhaps you would like it if you are intimidated to try therapy yourself and want to know more about the experience.
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
curiousjac's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, and Grief
udari's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent
katiehuntington's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism
theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment