ekoozmin 's review for:

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

5.0

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As I read this book, my emotions ran the gamut: humor, pain, empathy, criticism. The pendulum swings back and forth throughout the book, which is structured in such a way as to successfully jump around between storylines and background without noticing. The book is very much focused on the practice of therapy, but the four patients, the author’s therapist, and all the others in her life give readers plenty of other aspects of life to think about. We all meet others in our lives who are on the same paths as the four patients and Lori herself, but we don’t know their back stories or how difficult it is for them to cope with the world. This book provided insights into what we don’t see or experience with people and certainly gave me a lot to think about.