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33 reviews

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

slow-paced

0.5

There once was and there once was not indeed..
There once was an agonizingly long boring book, excessively littered with corny metaphors and overinterpretations of each simple and most insignificant literary element possible, and there once was not much actual myths, folk tales, or valuable insights on womanly attributes in different cultures and traditions.

The writing style is so unpleasant. It is not okay to keep rambling on about "seal women" and "Soul skins" and "Oceanic knowing" for over 50 long pages, that could've been simply saved by indicating that: humans.. need.. freakin.. mindful.. breaks! Seriously, what's wrong with the good old well put texts, especially when the concepts behind them are not that sophisticated?!

Still making up my mind whether it is the surprising number "the Life/Death/Life Nature" was unnecessarily shoved among the 580 pages, or the pathetically misquoted Quran verses and Sufi poems, that I most disliked about this bestselling award-winning piece of caca.

فلسفة الأسرة by علاء عبد الحميد

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informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

تلابيب الكتابة by صافي ناز كاظم

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slow-paced

2.5

الخديعة الناصرية by صافي ناز كاظم

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challenging informative reflective tense fast-paced

2.5