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wrestleacademic's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Emotional abuse
jesselopod's review
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts
jojo_'s review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
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, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content
nabaraditi's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Cancer and Child death
Minor: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse
yeojinqueen's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Suicide, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, and Physical abuse
udari's review against another edition
5.0
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
laurenzott's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer and Grief
Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage
tnociti's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Child death, and Car accident
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness