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safetygarden 's review for:
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
by Irvin D. Yalom
Yalom has such a way with words, his writing is characterful and charming but also deeply moving and occasionally really beautiful. This topic is so vast and difficult, but the book never feels overwhelming or overly narrow, simply telling the stories of patients dealing with death anxiety and the lessons Yalom learned from working with them.
I found the focus on dream interpretation a bit odd as a layperson, it strikes me as pretty hokey, surely you can read any number of meanings from the same dream? But it seems to work for him and his patients. Otherwise every chapter was insightful and impactful.
The audiobook reader Sean Mangan helped by having a very nice voice too, and voicing all the patients with specific affectations.
I found the focus on dream interpretation a bit odd as a layperson, it strikes me as pretty hokey, surely you can read any number of meanings from the same dream? But it seems to work for him and his patients. Otherwise every chapter was insightful and impactful.
The audiobook reader Sean Mangan helped by having a very nice voice too, and voicing all the patients with specific affectations.