Prozac Nation (Movie Tie-In) by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Book Reviews of Prozac Nation (Movie Tie-In)
Book Review: Whatever you want me to be
Summary: 5 Stars
Alright so having read the other reviews to this book I was not all together surprised. Actual depression is so misunderstood by the general public that it makes me kind of sick. People who say, "I'm not happy but I get up and go to work anyways," don't really know what they are talking about. Being brought up in a world where depression is seen as something that women should be assualted about and not really as a disease. Wurtzel is able to express the language of an actual person with depression. Some may say that's arrogant, but really that's a big part of being depressed and not to mention an addict (see More, Now, Again). The voice is real. She makes you see and understand. She explains in detail cutting which is so misconceived of, especially by men in this country. She shows how one feels in the heart of that black hole, that you want so badly to get out of, where you decide to make house and hang up pictures because there is no light and no way out that is visible. I recommend that anyone who reads this to read More, Now, Again, especially if dealing with dual diagnosis because depression and addiction go so hand in hand.Book Review: An Amazing Read
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched the move then proceeded to read the book ( i would recommed it in that order) A lot of these reviews tend to be on a negative side which i feel is such a false outlook on the book. The book is very well written and gives the reader a full sense of what depression, drug use, alcholism and divorce really feels like. When reading this book you get taken through the motions with her and understand how she is feeling and understanding why she was doing everything she did.
I personaly have been through a lot of similar situations as Elizabeth and to be perfectly honest if you want to know what depression, drug use, alcholism and divorce is really like this is the book to read. Granted not every situation is the same but to get a pretty good understanding of why someone close to you may act the way they do, this is the book for it.
I dont in anyway see this book as some load of crap or whiney-ness. This is a true story and I applaud Elizabeth for using her talent and doing something good for herself. If you can't handel what the book says and how it reads then dont read it.
Book Review: Pills versus talk
Summary: 5 Stars
Among the best of the many autobiographical accounts of depression. It's a useful counter-balance to accounts that ignore or denigrate chemical treatments. (For example I recently read Dudman's "Augusta Gone" which gave a heart-rending account of a suicidal teenager with no mention of anti-depressants). The afterword and epilogue are a fair but incomplete summary of the status of medication in treating depression, and the legitimacy of "depression" as a medical diagnosis.It's well written, although somewhat repetitious. I think it's too long and complex to be a self-help book for someone in the throes of severe depression. I think it would be useful for a family member or friend, or for someone already being helped by medication. It's not a complete case history. We are left uncertain as to how continuous the illness was, the role of illicit drug-taking, what her father's psychiatric condition was, and whether any anti-depressants (such as desipramine or trazodone which she later took) were used before Prozac. The author makes her own diagnosis, which I wouldn't want to comment on.
Book Review: You either get it or you don't.
Summary: 5 Stars
Since everyone comes here after they have read the books, I will say a few words to them last. If you haven't read it, its definitely worth the read, even though it's not a glamorous or an enjoyable one in the traditional sense. That wasn't the point when Elizabeth wrote it, and she says so in the epilogue, and I agree with her. Remember that she is 10, 12, and 13, when she is writing at the beginning, and this in itself is horrifying.
Taking one's time getting through this book is essential, since different feeling pop up if you keep reading it straight through that are irritating and annoying. But this is essential to the main effect of this book. If you put the book down, and pick it up later, empathy will return. There is a lot of repetition in this book, but like I said, (ha, ha), this is really what gives it its power when you finish it. That's what depression is like. A very important book. For those who already read it and don't like it for its honesty you either get it or you don't.
Book Review: great memoir
Summary: 5 Stars
i would love everyone who says to a depressed person, "oh, why don't you just get over it," to read this book. elizabeth describes the loneliness, frustration and despair associated with depression, but with great honesty and candor. she realizes how self-centered it can appear or even be, but she equally demonstrates, how it can't really be helped. i liked her epilogue in which she writes about the malaise in our current affluent society. we need meaning (from inside) in order to navigate life's trials and tribulations, since all that is external is fleeting and transitory. i personally related to some her inside comments related to being jewish and depressed!