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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phan Thanh Anh
"the medication may have lifted the depression, but instead of allowing me to connect with the world it has surrounded me in another kind of fog. Most of the time, I am simply numb. Everything feels flat, as if I'm living in some uninflected world without substance, depth, or meaning...It's as though a valve inside of me has been turned almost shut, reducing my emotions to a slow trickle, where they once burst forth in a powerful flood." (85). ________________________________________________________________ "The Prozac had simply stopped working..."As fast as Prozac had once, like a sexy firefighter, doused the flames of pain, the flames now flared up, angrier than ever, and my potent pill could do nothng to quell the conflagration." (92). _________________________________________________________________ "The symptoms used to assess depression include decreased energy, poor performance, and changes in sleep, appetite, and activity level. The emphasis is on physical, behavioural symptos rather than emotional states. These checklists take what are essentially psychological conditions and define them as though they were merely physical symptoms rather than viewing the physical symptoms as merely manifestations of a psychological state. In the process, the forest is lost for the trees. Any attempt to help patients understand themselves and to effect real change is lost in the rush to diagnose and medicate them"(194). __________________________________________________________________ Finally, these drugs can have a mood-brightening effect. They make some people feel less irritable, better able to tolerate the bumps and scrapes of life, more tolerant, even "complacent." In light of the hype surrounding the drugs, many patients are surprised to find that they are not really "happy pills" -- few people feel that their mood is constantly buoyed by them. When patients on these drugs do feel sad, however, they are less vulnerable to suden or dramatically plummeting moods. It is as though the drug puts a floor under them, holding them up, limiting how far their mood can slide. (pg. 213) __________________________________________________________________ "when you can't express feelings, you eventually lose touch with them. You don't even know you have them. But human emotions don't just go away. Forced underground, they follow twisted, circuitous paths and pop bac up again as psychological symptoms" (267). ___________________________________________________________________ "Reflecting on his life, Dan thought the constant upheavals and threats as a child had left him with a profound sense of instability and unreliability."
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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Cathleen Davitt Bell
Genre: Space Opera, Audio Book The audio edition of this book is very compelling; it's read by Michael Shanks (of Stargate fame) and his is a very nuanced reading, despite seeming like an "invisible narrator" - not getting in the way of the words at all. The only negative thing I can say about this book is that it's addictive - it made me go and re-read all the other books in the Agent-of-Change series! I'm not sure how much sense the book would make without some background with the other books in the series, as the entire crux of the plot is a (serious) cultural misunderstanding between the heroine (who is Terran) and the hero (who is Liaden). They actually try to talk it out multiple times, but the cultural divide is serious enough that they don't manage to convey either's cultural response to their son. Without a prior introduction to Liaden clan structure I'm not sure if the book would pack the same punch.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
David Owen's How The Dead See is the sixth book in the Detective Franz Heineken, aka Pufferfish series. They are not just well-written Australian fiction, but uniquely Tasmanian crime fiction in their nature. Now that I am Tasmanian (albeit only a relative newcomer), I thoroughly appreciate the descriptions of the scenery and landscape of the 'small island'. That is not to say that this book and the series as a whole, does not have wider appeal. The descriptions and Tasmanian parochialism are wrapped around two intriguing crime fiction plotlines. The theft of a valuable diamond necklace, seemingly by a former safe-cracking nemesis, and the death by apparent suicide of an Errol Flynn-like aging film star. Detective Franz Heineken, aka Pufferfish, from the Tasmanian Police Force weighs in and takes the reader on a literary police procedural journey to resolution. And all is not as it seems, particularly for an aging movie star that has gone from success to excess. I am so happy to have discovered the David Owen, Pufferfish series of books. I enjoy the humour and introspective views by Pufferfish on police work, criminals and life in general. As a character he has some layers that only the reader is privy to. Having read the last two in the series published in 2010 & 2011, I am now trying to source the original four books published in the mid to late 90's. Whether a non-Tasmanian would have the same level of entertainment is something I can't answer and I will watch future reviews with interest. Nevertheless, being an easy-to-read 230ish pages, if you enjoy police procedural novels, particularly Australian ones with an intriguing and amusing cast of characters, then I recommend that you will enjoy this book - as I did!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hoàng Lại Giang
This book would have been much better if it was half the length. I strongly feel there were about 100-150 pages, maybe more, that should have been sliced out of the middle of the story. However, the story was illuminating about immigrant life in 1920s America and I liked the way the author wrote about the riots in Detroit during the 70s. Plus, the main character's struggle with being a hermaphrodite was well illustrated.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: JODY REVENSON
loved it. but I still want to know what happens after!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lý Nhĩ Uy
This book is an excellent guide to shutting of your brain noise. We let our brains run us mad most of the time, and never really stop to enjoy the space we are in. Always dwelling over the past, or fretting about the future. This book points out that the future is 100% unpredictable (so stop making up stories about what is going to happen when you have absolutely NO IDEA) and to stop worrying about the past because no amount of energy devoted to the past will change it. Instead, be in the now; be present - enjoy what you have right in front of you. Experience it, because in one second it is gone, and you will never have the chance to enjoy it again.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phạm Anh Thư
(technically 3.5 stars, but I like to round up :) I had a fun time reading Ai's poems (bet you're not going to see that comment a lot on the other reviews...) because of her style and choice of subject matter. While her style is light, sometimes rhyming, free style, her subject matter is heavy and matted, and usually told much like a story. I sincerely enjoyed almost every poem and was effected by almost every poem. I am a little confused at the title of this collection of work, and maybe that's why I didn't give it a full 4 stars. A few selections it is easy to see where the title fits, but in others I have to read into, push and pull, to fit it into the title, and in with the other pieces. Also, I was under the impression that one or two pieces still needed some work, or fine-tuning. Not in a snobby way, but in a way that I think Ai is so talented and such a beautiful poet that I know she could've written it a little cleaner. That said, I will definitely be reading more of Ai's other books - maybe I'll try one or two that she's won awards for - with certainty that I will also enjoy them.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lizzie Mary Cullen
Another solid book by Jodi Picoult. She has a great way of presenting a situation that you are so sure to have judgment on but then you realize that things aren't always as they seem. I like how her characters and situations are really just one step away from being anyone's realities.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ron Clark
The story is well constructed and the prose is often beautiful (although I was reading this in translation), and I found the analysis of Fermina Daza and Dr. Juvenal Urbino's marriage pretty interesting, because it felt realistic in its portrayal of the ups and downs of such a long-term relationship. I was not so keen on reading about all of Florentino Ariza's affairs (while he remained "faithful in his heart" to Fermina Daza--whatever); all of that felt like the male author's fantasies and fetishes and just was not appealing to me. It seemed like Fermina Daza's character was portrayed as haughty just so that we could feel like "poor" Florentino Ariza "deserved" her just because he desired her physically; it didn't matter to him whether the feeling was mutual or not. That said, the descriptions of both characters in their old age was fairly touching.
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.