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natgeographic's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
runbeck's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death, Racism, and Rape
atenelli's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Outstanding read for anyone who wants explore and learn more about how traumatic experiences inform our decisions and life choices, particularly childhood trauma.
allyruch's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.5
stephaniesteen73's review against another edition
5.0
This book is going to stay with me for a long time. This was a really well written and researched narrative which focused on the effects that trauma has on people's lives. A compelling case was made that we should be asking "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you." This book provided the perfect mix of not sugarcoating the severity of trauma while still providing the hopeful assurance that it is never too late to heal. I listened to this on audio, read by Bruce Perry and Oprah, and their dialogue was so engaging to listen to. Oprah never disappoints and it was incredible to hear her describe "trauma wisdom" as the way you will discover your superpower.
chandle5's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
maeshowers's review against another edition
3.0
The book did bring up a few points that I hadn’t considered before and got me thinking which I appreciated. However, I do think the same points were brought up and over explained time and time again throughout the book. I understand there was an overarching thesis to the entire book, but some chapters talked about it without bringing in new ideas or points. Sometimes I felt talked down on because some ideas were over explained to death.
The format of the book was interested, since it was framed as a conversation between Oprah and Dr. Perry. It wasn’t as organized as I would have liked, but I suppose that comes with the territory.
Overall, it had a good thesis and was backed by evidence and personal experiences, but it dragged and was over explained.
The format of the book was interested, since it was framed as a conversation between Oprah and Dr. Perry. It wasn’t as organized as I would have liked, but I suppose that comes with the territory.
Overall, it had a good thesis and was backed by evidence and personal experiences, but it dragged and was over explained.