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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed this book, I was skeptical at the beginning but really enjoyed her journey and her continued no happily ever after ending. The truthfulness of this story and to me a realistic love story with herself is great. I am not ashamed to say I wish I could find a group like this in Japan, but unfortunately mental health problems is not as accepted so I will take what I can learn from this book to apply to my own life. Its a great book to help people feel they aren't alone in their crazy moments and issues and that there is always someone out there that will love you.
This was hilarious, endearing and a reminder of how important therapy is.
So good, I really wasn't sure at the start but felt myself really connecting and wanting to know what happened.
I loved the first 100 pages of Group. Christie Tate drew me in with her description of sitting at Stanley's Fruit and Vegetables wishing she weren't alive. Her story is powerful - the first call to a fellow group member to admit her apple binging, the struggle get close with others, and the tight friendships that evolved with people she learned she could tell anything to. The book has a GREAT message about how secrets keep people locked in shame and how the way out is through a safe witness. However, I think she went too far with self-disclosure for a book format, taking a flying, crass leap into X-rated details about her sex life and fantasies. It would have quit reading if I hadn't been so invested in her story.
I absolutely loved this. A brutal, raw, honest close up look at therapy, specifically group therapy. Shines a light on the fact that growth and healing is seldom linear and perfection isn’t a worthwhile goal. I felt like I was learning right along with Christie. A gorgeous journey of seeing that shame grows inside our secrets and sometimes what is needed is to let other people see you and love you anyway.
“You don’t need a cure, you need a witness”
“You don’t need a cure, you need a witness”
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
I have a lot of conflicted feelings about this book.
• Kindle e-book • Scribd audiobook
• #ReeseWitherspoon Book Club December 2020 pick
Editor's Note:
Glennon Doyle meets “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” in this fearlessly raw memoir. Christie Tate shares her experiences stripping down emotionally and psychologically in front of a bunch of strangers in group therapy in this hilarious, heartbreaking, and transformative story of healing. “Group” proves a book can be both therapeutic and a gripping page-turner.
• #ReeseWitherspoon Book Club December 2020 pick
Editor's Note:
Glennon Doyle meets “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” in this fearlessly raw memoir. Christie Tate shares her experiences stripping down emotionally and psychologically in front of a bunch of strangers in group therapy in this hilarious, heartbreaking, and transformative story of healing. “Group” proves a book can be both therapeutic and a gripping page-turner.
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
I'm conflicted. On one hand, this is a well-written, honest, and ultimately inspiring story. On the other hand, the therapist in this group and his interventions frequently made me go "yikes." Best appreciated as a story on its own merits. Clients shouldn't expect group therapy to be like this, and counselors-in-training definitely shouldn't be doing this kind of stuff when they facilitate their own groups.