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Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
3.92 AVERAGE
2.01k reviews for:
Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
3.92 AVERAGE
3.25-3.5/5 rounded up. I’m not sure what I just listened to but it was a mix of fascinating, enlightening, and a little bit bonkers.
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
fast-paced
only reason it's not 5 stars is because I listened to the abridged edition - I wanted more!
challenging
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inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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medium-paced
This is pretty dated, but I’m sure it was helpful when it was written.
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
First off I want to say, I did enjoy SOME of this book but I’m disappointed with how little was good.
It was an incredibly deep read, and not a book I could enjoy during lunch breaks or in short bursts. I needed to set aside dedicated time to immerse myself in its pages, which is a beautiful experience, but sometimes when I didn’t have that time, I found that I didn’t absorb the information as effectively, and I missed out on the benefits.
The story in chapter 8 (Self-preservation) about the experiment conducted on a dog was disturbing and horrifying to read. I detest any form of mistreatment towards animals, even if it is ‘justified’ in the name of science. Reading it left me feeling sick.
By the time I had reached just over 2/3 of the way through the book, I had already started to feel exhausted. While there were some brilliant passages and sections that I deeply connected with and thoroughly enjoyed, the overall complexity and length of the book made it difficult for me to fully immerse myself in it. Instead of relaxing and seeking out more reading time, I found myself feeling drained and unmotivated which is disappointing - this genre of book is usually one I jump at the chance to read.
Despite all of that I found I had quite a profound connection with a lot of the words, beginning with the very first line of page one: “Wildlife and the Wild Woman are both endangered species.”
Clarissa has included footnotes which I always love and those in this book were longer than most which was fab. My favourite part out of the whole book was Chapter 7 (Joyous Body: The Wild Flesh) - it was beautiful from beginning to end, my favourite by far
It was an incredibly deep read, and not a book I could enjoy during lunch breaks or in short bursts. I needed to set aside dedicated time to immerse myself in its pages, which is a beautiful experience, but sometimes when I didn’t have that time, I found that I didn’t absorb the information as effectively, and I missed out on the benefits.
The story in chapter 8 (Self-preservation) about the experiment conducted on a dog was disturbing and horrifying to read. I detest any form of mistreatment towards animals, even if it is ‘justified’ in the name of science. Reading it left me feeling sick.
By the time I had reached just over 2/3 of the way through the book, I had already started to feel exhausted. While there were some brilliant passages and sections that I deeply connected with and thoroughly enjoyed, the overall complexity and length of the book made it difficult for me to fully immerse myself in it. Instead of relaxing and seeking out more reading time, I found myself feeling drained and unmotivated which is disappointing - this genre of book is usually one I jump at the chance to read.
Despite all of that I found I had quite a profound connection with a lot of the words, beginning with the very first line of page one: “Wildlife and the Wild Woman are both endangered species.”
Clarissa has included footnotes which I always love and those in this book were longer than most which was fab. My favourite part out of the whole book was Chapter 7 (Joyous Body: The Wild Flesh) - it was beautiful from beginning to end, my favourite by far
A poor book, composed mostly to fan the ego of the author. In it, the author pretends to share deep secrets passed from women to women, weaved secretly into fairy tales, which contain the key for women to reclaim their super power. In realitym this is compilation of distorted fairytales, changed to fit the ideas of the author, claiming to be about female empowerment, but holding seeds of patriarchy all over, feeding into the "feminism is about women replacing men" idea.
There's absolutely no scientific method present, there are poor translations, probably the author expected the reader to have nearly no knowledge of the languages in question (Spanish, Hungarian and German... which are the ones in which I noticed the glaring mistakes). Also, and most worrisome, is the way in which the author builds the book in the steps often found in extremist texts: a world of us vs them, there the "us" is so unfairly exploited/repressed/cheated by the them, but with mythical powers and supreme beings, Messianic figures that will take care of all issues, and if you are fully belonging to the Messianic figure, nothing will ever harm you and you will be able to destroy your enemies.
There's absolutely no scientific method present, there are poor translations, probably the author expected the reader to have nearly no knowledge of the languages in question (Spanish, Hungarian and German... which are the ones in which I noticed the glaring mistakes). Also, and most worrisome, is the way in which the author builds the book in the steps often found in extremist texts: a world of us vs them, there the "us" is so unfairly exploited/repressed/cheated by the them, but with mythical powers and supreme beings, Messianic figures that will take care of all issues, and if you are fully belonging to the Messianic figure, nothing will ever harm you and you will be able to destroy your enemies.
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
Amazing book to read. Took a LONG time to read--there is so much to digest, understand, and learn. Definitely one to reread and give to my daughters!