A review by exlibrary_gabbie
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

3.0

Viktor E. Frankl has experienced a wealth of life. His recount of his experience in life imparticular in Auschwitz. Is tragic, enlightening and uplifting. How does one find hope after such a tragic experience? The reasoning behind logotherapy is interesting and I can see how it can be applied and be usefully in situtations. Though I feel the book was a little to short to truely explain the impacts logotherapy can have, the examples given implys it is a one stop quick fix for alot of mental illness. But I don't think applying just this logic in one session can cure a person and it doesn't talk about an long term cases to see how the patients or if the patients continued applying of logotherapy work long term. 

A few things still stuck and I feel were important at least for me. 

"therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning of life in a general way."

"Questions about the meaning of life can never be answered by sweeping questions. "Life" does not mean something vague, but something very real and concrete" 
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