A review by maeshowers
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

3.0

The book did bring up a few points that I hadn’t considered before and got me thinking which I appreciated. However, I do think the same points were brought up and over explained time and time again throughout the book. I understand there was an overarching thesis to the entire book, but some chapters talked about it without bringing in new ideas or points. Sometimes I felt talked down on because some ideas were over explained to death.

The format of the book was interested, since it was framed as a conversation between Oprah and Dr. Perry. It wasn’t as organized as I would have liked, but I suppose that comes with the territory.

Overall, it had a good thesis and was backed by evidence and personal experiences, but it dragged and was over explained.