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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
- A Novel
- De: Hank Green
- Narrado por: Kristen Sieh, Hank Green
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,539
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,745
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,728
The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., 23-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a 10-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads Online. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense media spotlight.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Grape jelly in the void
- De Marissa Lehnerz en 09-27-18
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
- A Novel
- De: Hank Green
- Narrado por: Kristen Sieh, Hank Green
So cringey and naive
Revisado: 04-23-25
Started out okay with an interesting concept but the protagonist is my b**** eating crackers (BEC).
Apparently, everyone, including Carl, is obsessed with her and the entire world revolves around her, yet she’s just a “normal” girl. As you may imagine, this isn’t a compelling narrative for a book, especially when the protagonist is a narcissist. She touts some self awareness, but this is done in such a cheesy fashion it’s hard to take seriously. This especially comes to a head in the climax of the book.
Honestly, I’m with the defenders. Why would we trust the Carls? Especially who they’ve chosen. And all the dream stuff. Ugh. So dumb. So CHEESY.
I don’t even care about the cliffhanger ending.
The voice actor did a great job. Unfortunately, the story and characters were lacking
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Borderline
- The Biography of a Personality Disorder
- De: Alexander Kriss PhD
- Narrado por: Max Newland
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13
An intimate, compassionate, and expansive portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder that rejects the conventional wisdom that this condition is untreatable, told by a psychologist who specializes in BPD....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Trying to bring back psychoanalysis? Why?!
- De Natalie en 01-08-25
- Borderline
- The Biography of a Personality Disorder
- De: Alexander Kriss PhD
- Narrado por: Max Newland
Trying to bring back psychoanalysis? Why?!
Revisado: 01-08-25
In the first half of the book, the author mentions 3 BPD patients who “fell in love with him”. The author seems to have weak boundaries with his patients and seems to enjoy the extra attention he gets from his BPD patients (why on earth do you need to meet with a patient 4 times a week?). He even admits to being jealous that he’s not the most important man in Ana’s life anymore once she finds a healthy relationship. Why are some men like this?!
I have LOTS of thoughts. However, what prompted this was that the author says that based on the DSM 5, abused children cannot be diagnosed with PTSD because it doesn’t explicitly mention child abuse. As someone who works in this field, this is NOT true. Just because the DSM doesn’t mention child abuse explicitly, clinicians know that these things are traumatizing and will diagnose a child with PTSD or adjustment disorder if they show the symptoms.
As a clinical psychologist, he probably only has trained with adults and doesn’t know this. But it’s so easy to ask a colleague. Or read a research paper about childhood ptsd. Like I can’t. I agree the DSM generally needs major improvements and many disorders share marked similarities and overlap (ie transdiagnostic traits). I also understand this author is on the fringes of psychology. I appreciate the neurodiversity approach, but he made not mention of other diagnoses that look a lot like BPD, like autism or ADHD, other than trauma.
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Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder
- Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities
- De: Claudia Kalb
- Narrado por: Lisa Larsen
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? Was Frank Lloyd Wright a narcissist? In this surprising, inventive, and meticulously researched look at the evolution of mental health, acclaimed health and science journalist Claudia Kalb gives listeners a glimpse into the lives of high-profile historic figures through the lens of modern psychology, weaving groundbreaking research into biographical narratives that are deeply embedded in our culture.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting stories but soaked in authors bias with little self awareness
- De Natalie en 11-26-24
- Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder
- Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities
- De: Claudia Kalb
- Narrado por: Lisa Larsen
Interesting stories but soaked in authors bias with little self awareness
Revisado: 11-26-24
The stories are great, but the end up each chapter, the author goes on a rant about how medication would have ruined this person and that as a society we are over-using medications for mental illness.
Maybe in some cases medications would have stifled their creativity but a lot of these historical figures lived these dark inner lives. I’ve been there myself before and I’m so happy to be born when anti-depressants and other psychiatric medications exist (read Prozac Nation for life before that). Marilyn and Diana could have lived much longer if they had modern medical treatments.
This book stigmatizes those who turn to medications for help and promotes the idea that certain people should suffer so they can make the world better for other people.
I’ve started fast forwarding through the last few paragraphs of each chapter because it’s repetitive too.
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