Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

126 reviews

yayarose's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.75

I absolutely loved the raw honesty of this book as well as the story itself. I felt very connected to the author and all the rest of the characters as the book progressed. I did however find it kind of long and just wanted it to all wrap up in the last few chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Child death, Cancer, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

tea_time's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

eleanormf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Cancer

a_novi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

I recommend this book to almost everyone but especially if you have an interest in mental health or if you have ever been through trauma that made you consider therapy. I recommend this to people who work in therapy social work or healthcare. It starts off slow and you may say “why do I care about this” but when the author starts drawing parallels between her experiences with that of her patients and experiences with her therapist it’s very interesting and enlightening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical content, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Addiction, Car accident, Infertility, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Child death, and Cursing

gloria03's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Mental illness, Cancer, and Child death

chillpack's review against another edition

slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Cancer

melissafelicia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This was a beautiful story about a therapist whose patients were all going through something difficult, while she herself was also going through something difficult and seeing her own therapist about it. In the end, all the stories came together beautifully. The stories were sometimes heartbreaking, but it was inspiring to see the patients grow/recover/accept/learn to love again. Ultimately, this book was about human connection and growth, mixed with interesting insights and psychology facts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Infertility, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

tracy_j's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

It took me awhile to read this book but that's because I was absorbing so much. I think therapy is so valuable and Lori did an amazing job covering so many aspects of it. I could see myself reading this book again which I don't say often. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child death, Mental illness, and Grief

melincincy23's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

katara42's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent