Aline Reis từ Cabdella, Lleida, Spain

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05/06/2024

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2018-03-16 21:31

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Whoa. This memoir is extremely dark, extremely depressing. About midway through I developed an acute sense of anxiety and even paranoia. I’m not sure if it’s a tribute to the writer’s style or a testimony to the bleakness of the book. This is written by the daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anne Sexton. I mistakenly assumed it was a tale of growing up with a severely depressed mother who attempted suicide numerous times before succeeding (I guess her first memoir tackles this). While that’s part of it, it is mostly about the author’s own struggles with mental illness and the “suicide legacy” she inherited from her mother. This book is well-written but often times exhausting. The repetition of words (nonplussed), ideas (her inner voice chiding her), and acts (sleeping all day) got to be a little much. Although I suppose it is an accurate reflection of the writer’s state of mind. I picked this up because there seems to be a rash of suicides lately amongst my contemporaries, no one close to me but it’s affected me all the same. I wanted to understand the mindset a little better. I can’t say that I do but I guess that’s to be expected. I do have a more generous viewpoint than some (e.g. I don’t automatically think “it’s selfish!”) I guess because it’s so unfathomable to me I can’t even be judgmental about it. It would be like judging someone who is color blind. “Why can’t you see that’s red??!” My brain can’t even go there (thankfully). Also, while a child whose parent committed suicide is far more likely to commit suicide him/herself, I think the author gave undue attention to this “legacy” and almost none to the physical and sexual abuse she suffered and how that might have contributed to her depression. At least, in the end, there seems to be redemption. And she is damn lucky she found that particular therapist. Overall, I wouldn’t know whether or not to recommend this to someone. Proceed with caution I suppose.

Người đọc Aline Reis từ Cabdella, Lleida, Spain

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.