Prozac Nation (Movie Tie-In) by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Book Reviews of Prozac Nation (Movie Tie-In)
Book Review: Good or bad...I can't decide
Summary: 2 Stars
There are so many things to love about this book: the poignant view of depression that no one has really tackled before, the intimate view into Elizabeth Wutzel's life, and the sad, but often amusing anecdotes she tells when things are finally looking up. But there are also bad things about this book. Wurtzel is whiny, and this comes across in the writing. By the end, you just wish that she would stop crying, because there are so many things in her life that she could be happy about. Understandably, she has a disease that does not just go away, but I found that she never quite managed to give a good description of what it must be like to be manic depressive. I feel she could have written her battle with prescription drugs with a little more humour, giving the book more of an edge than it has. But I can see why this book is important, as I'm sure it is important for many people out there. This book shows that nobody is alone, and that even Harvard scholars and beautiful people have problems as well. While Wurtzel brings this across in endless pages of tantrums and tears, I could not help feeling that she could have written this book better.
Book Review: Get me outta here
Summary: 2 Stars
Gutsy and confronting, yeah, but I hated it. Elizabeth Wurtzel revealed herself as stuck in depression but also whiny, attention-seeking and spoilt. This makes it a very unenjoyable read. Her mother gets assaulted and her immediate thought is something like I can't believe this is happening to me! And sure, taking a minor overdose is worrying, but don't call it a suicide attempt if you know it's not going to kill you. She does admit that she doesn't know how to be a grown-up and that was how I saw it too: it was hard for me to feel for her or her depression when she revealed herself in an unsympathetic way.
A good writer makes you feel things, good or bad, sure. But I read on WikiP that after her second book got poor reviews she became a drug addict ... so she could write another book about how hard things are. This gets little sympathy from me, which is a shame because these are topics we all need to be aware of and emotionally intouch with. 2 stars.
Book Review: Depressing and Slow
Summary: 2 Stars
I have recently been enjoying reading nonfiction including memoirs and biographies. This book was a little disappointing to me, but maybe I had the wrong expectations. The book is about the authors life, living with depression. Every page was the same as the page before. She was sad and depressed and couldn't get out of bed, and then would become manic and try to get better, then it was back to being sad and depressed. It was a very slow read. It took me a week and a half to read when I normally read a book in three to four days. I will say that if you want to read about the day to day life of a severly depressed girl this is the book to read.Book Review: Rave reviews from high schools girls...
Summary: 2 Stars
and someone who describes her as a "heroin" - I'll leave you to your own conclusions...I also noted that most of the self described, depressed reviewers, who ranted about her tendency to go on and on about herself, managed to do the very same thing in a much smaller space.
Still, she's not bad on the eyes...
Book Review: Good Vocabulary In This Book But Otherwise Alot Of Self Centered Whining
Summary: 2 Stars
This book was great for building my vocabulary. Had a dictionary in one hand and the book in another.
Other than that just a spoiled girl whining about her life.