Reviews

Melagis ant kušetės by Irvin D. Yalom

eviaiva1945's review against another edition

3.0

Another neat story weaving by Yalom’s philosophy in existential psychotherapy. I love his existential psychotherapy school of thoughts but if you’re familiar with it there’s not too much groundbreaking stuff happening here. Still a good read though, pretty clever (and dramatic) setup.

aismayes's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

chiarawolter's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

giedregile's review

4.0

“Vis dėlto praeitis yra mūsų dabarties suvokimo dalis - ji suformuoja akinius, pro kuriuos žvelgiame į dabartį.”

nina021's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I'm always ready for the truth.♡

deliapetre's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

sontro96's review against another edition

5.0

I was not expecting to like this book so much. Basically, there are 3 main characters—each of them psychoanalysts—and they all have different ways to treat their patients and different ways to understand what the fathers of psychology identified as being the best way to interact with your pacient. It was very interesting to see that they all wanted the best for their patients but they did not approve of each other's methods. Some of the methods were unconventional, but one can say that they actually worked?(the case of Seymour Trotter). I'm gonna start reading other reviews because I'm really curious about the photo that Ernest receives. I mean — who deceived who, did the treatment worked, who is the bad guy, what really happened?! I really wanted there to be more about that case.

Moving on, although it was the story that interested me the least, I wanted to see the character development of Marshal Streider.

And lastly, concerning Ernest Lash, towards the end I was so keen to find out happened after the truth was out in the open aaaand the book ended. IT ENDED.

What I mean is that I wanted to read these stories AFTER the end in the book. Hopefully there will be a second book with the aftermath—I would definitely read it.

youdontsendme's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

k_anna_mac's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Racism, and Vomit

13february's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.0