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24 reviews

Psycho-Logical: Why Mental Health Goes Wrong – and How to Make Sense of It by Dean Burnett

challenging funny hopeful informative slow-paced

5.0

challenging informative slow-paced

2.0

The stuff on the Mother archetype is surprisingly unbearable reading. Geez oh man, C.G., I realise you're speaking from 1933, but it's time to detangle Freud's hangups about women from your theoretical applications.

Dark Folklore by Mark Norman

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informative fast-paced

3.0

Broadly interesting, and purports to take an intellectually rigorous approach to its subject matter, but I found its research a bit thin. The authors glancingly reference their own work at one point without going on to acknowledge directly that they've referenced their own work, which could point to a lack of other source material to consult, but struck this reader as ... a bit disingenuous, and I was left feeling informed neither much about history, nor folklore.

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson

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dark funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

I feel very well equipped to continue living in this quaint English village. Hold on, there's someone at the door.

And Away... by Bob Mortimer

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World by Sasha Sagan

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced