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A review by jedore
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
5.0
Thank God I stuck with this book. It really didn't begin for me until Page 97.
I came so close to shutting the book and passing it along to someone else, but my stubbornness did me good this time around. It wasn't that the first half was bad—it was more that I wasn't needing to rehash yet another non-fiction account of a concentration camp (especially one that isn't incredibly well written). Before I started the book, I had a strong feeling this one would be a mind and life changer, so I trudged through it. All 96 pages of it.
By the time I had read the first couple paragraphs of Page 97, I was hooked. Not only does Dr. Frankl's logotherapy, of which I knew nothing about before picking up this book, resonate with me personally—it is exactly what my adult child needs at this exact moment of his life.
I have always had a resistance to regular psychotherapy—not because of it's well meaning intent, but because I felt a long term delving into the past and a focus on the wrongdoings of the parents creates a tendency toward victimhood. My natural inclination is more in the behavioral therapy and perspective shift arenas.
Once you read this book—and you MUST read this book—you'll understand why I gave it 5 stars despite the fact that the first half of it bored me to sleep each night.
I came so close to shutting the book and passing it along to someone else, but my stubbornness did me good this time around. It wasn't that the first half was bad—it was more that I wasn't needing to rehash yet another non-fiction account of a concentration camp (especially one that isn't incredibly well written). Before I started the book, I had a strong feeling this one would be a mind and life changer, so I trudged through it. All 96 pages of it.
By the time I had read the first couple paragraphs of Page 97, I was hooked. Not only does Dr. Frankl's logotherapy, of which I knew nothing about before picking up this book, resonate with me personally—it is exactly what my adult child needs at this exact moment of his life.
I have always had a resistance to regular psychotherapy—not because of it's well meaning intent, but because I felt a long term delving into the past and a focus on the wrongdoings of the parents creates a tendency toward victimhood. My natural inclination is more in the behavioral therapy and perspective shift arenas.
Once you read this book—and you MUST read this book—you'll understand why I gave it 5 stars despite the fact that the first half of it bored me to sleep each night.