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Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
3.92 AVERAGE
1.99k reviews for:
Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
3.92 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-paced
⭐️/5
Girl what are you talking about!? .
This was recommended as the first book for my book club, so I gave it a try, but honestly, it was so
unenjoyable I almost quit the club. Everyone in my book club struggled to get through it too.
-It gave : “I have my PHD, so I'm so smart , but what can make me smarter? Doing shrooms and writing a book on how women are like wolves.”
-The author seemed to insert herself too much and was overly poetic; using mystical language that just didn’t land.
-The comparisons to animals didn’t work, and instead of feeling empowering, it came across as extreme and confusing.
*It was like someone telling a joke and then explaining why it was funny because no one laughed. Just didn’t hit the mark.*
Girl what are you talking about!? .
This was recommended as the first book for my book club, so I gave it a try, but honestly, it was so
unenjoyable I almost quit the club. Everyone in my book club struggled to get through it too.
-It gave : “I have my PHD, so I'm so smart , but what can make me smarter? Doing shrooms and writing a book on how women are like wolves.”
-The author seemed to insert herself too much and was overly poetic; using mystical language that just didn’t land.
-The comparisons to animals didn’t work, and instead of feeling empowering, it came across as extreme and confusing.
*It was like someone telling a joke and then explaining why it was funny because no one laughed. Just didn’t hit the mark.*
fast-paced
I spent over two years reading this book - at some points it was exactly what I needed to hear, at some it felt tedious, and at some I felt like I was “wrong” for not being the kind of woman described. I don’t want to run naked through a forest. I wish I did, but I think I’m primal in other ways. I also felt like this book didn’t have a lot of nuance for mental health or queerness. By this book’s encouragement I moved to a new state thinking this was my moment when in reality it was detrimental to my mental health and not what I actually needed. So I liked this book, but not all the time.
Beautifully poetic and a book I’ll quote over and over again.
Singing is the voice of the spirit
Feeling what we feel, generally is much better than feeling nothing.
A wild woman thrives.
I’m really friendly but not quite tame.
Just to name a few.
Singing is the voice of the spirit
Feeling what we feel, generally is much better than feeling nothing.
A wild woman thrives.
I’m really friendly but not quite tame.
Just to name a few.
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reflective
slow-paced
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medium-paced
medium-paced
reflective
slow-paced
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