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veloci_rachel 's review for:
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
by Lori Gottlieb
I went into this thinking it was nonfiction, and it wasn't until halfway through that I realized this was in fact fiction, written by someone with a Hollywood background who knows how to tell a great story (and also happens to be a therapist). I feel like I really embraced this book once I was able to frame it as fiction, even though I feel like I got a lot of insight into therapy from the practitioner perspective.
I think sometimes she's too general and does readers a disservice by not talking more about different types of therapy, making it clear she isn't speaking for all therapists. I'm dying to ask the therapists in my life what they think of it. Her personal story didn't resonate with me and memoir isn't my genre of choice, but I was very moved by her patients. And I think if this book does anything to lessen the stigma and get people into therapy to do the work, (which, given it's popularity, I think it has) then it's a huge win.
I think sometimes she's too general and does readers a disservice by not talking more about different types of therapy, making it clear she isn't speaking for all therapists. I'm dying to ask the therapists in my life what they think of it. Her personal story didn't resonate with me and memoir isn't my genre of choice, but I was very moved by her patients. And I think if this book does anything to lessen the stigma and get people into therapy to do the work, (which, given it's popularity, I think it has) then it's a huge win.