tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807369122559702185.post866688845487994596..comments2024-01-02T15:38:11.465-05:00Comments on Age 30+ ... A Lifetime of Books: Ten Thousand Sorrows (Dec. '07)Heather J. @ TLC Book Tourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474181812740579350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807369122559702185.post-8077154312514029022008-09-17T09:09:00.000-04:002008-09-17T09:09:00.000-04:00Janine -Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately I ...Janine -<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately I wrote this review LONG BEFORE I really got into book blogging ... I'm certain that if I wrote it now there would be far more detail to explain why I felt this way.<BR/><BR/>What I do remember about the book is that I felt like the reader was a substitute for the author's physchiatrist. Most of the book is just a litany of the legitimately horrible things that happened in her life. I'm sorry I can't remember much more than that.<BR/><BR/>I am more choosy when reading memoirs now. I don't choose to read "traumatic childhood" memoirs, or "sexual abuse" or "drug addiction" memoirs either. Yes, these are legitimate issues and I've personally known people who've experienced all three ... I just don't want to read about it. In retrospect, that could be a big reason that I didn't enjoy this book.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to make such a long comment on my own post ... I would have emailed this directly to Janine but there is no contact info provided. Hopefully she'll come back and see this comment.Heather J. @ TLC Book Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474181812740579350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807369122559702185.post-11257503392680185722008-09-17T07:03:00.000-04:002008-09-17T07:03:00.000-04:00nice thought, yet it's as if you haven't explored ...nice thought, yet it's as if you haven't explored the text further than what you are meant too. there is a meaning behind all the 'utterly depressing' story. yes, she isn't healed...but she is now stronger. what do more do you expect? for all the traumatising events in her life to fade and become the happiest person alive. no, life is a lesson. this book is just explaining the reality of it all. let your dad read this, he will probably see that this book isn't as bad as you deem it to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com