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What Women Want: Conversations on Desire, Power, Love and Growth by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

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theoriebubble's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.75

es war ein interessanter einblick in die arbeit einer psychotherapeutin mit den fällen von sieben ihrer patientinnen. wenn man noch nicht so viel ahnung von therapien hat, erfährt man dadurch ganz gut wie so ein ablauf aussehen kann und möglicherweise hilft das auch einigen leser*innen, die mit ähnlichen problemen zu kämpfen haben.
mir persönlich hat der schreibstil aber gar nicht zugesagt, der war mir stellenweise zu pathetisch? rührselig? schmalzig vielleicht

halisbooknook's review against another edition

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DNF Sep ‘23 at about 60% after 10 days of reading… This book took a lot out of me to read, and although I got some good quotes, I feel like this didn’t hit the key points as well as it could have. I know these are abbreviated stories of people’s journey through therapy but it felt like I didn’t get to see the true transformation out of any of the stories I read. So I think the writing’s structure itself out this at a disadvantage because it’s not necessarily riveting itself as a psychotherapy non-fiction, but then suffered more for how it was executed. This obviously may not be everyone’s feeling, so check this out when it pubs tomorrow if it sounds interesting to you!

sib_reads's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

readbyamity's review

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emotional informative reflective tense

2.75

This had a concept I was originally very interested in, but I found that as I read I wasn't being drawn in by the case studies and the writing. I do find myself thinking occasionally about the women in the book. It was a great starting point. I'm not sure what more I would want from the book, it delivered on everything it promises. I just found it to be a little bit surface-level. Something I would recommend to people that aren't already familiar with psychoanalytic theories and want to read more about their effects on women.