Mary Murrey

Awful amateur writing

Revisado: 07-30-15

I couldn't even finish it. Author can't seem to keep to the simple outline of story, tracking and describing the decline and death of her sister to alcoholism. It's full of about the boring details of her own life, how she gave up a job on Wall Street to pursue writing.

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Inspirational chatter from a boastful person

Revisado: 06-17-15

Her book had some some inspirational moments but it was mostly just talk about vibrations, and quotes from philosophers, thinkers and ancient traditions. If you believe such stuff as vague as vibrations then you may love it. But she is an incredible name dropper and it was annoying how boastful she is--laughable. She has no problem telling you how insightful and wise she is. Telling you of all her wonderful travels, of her home in Santa Barbara, blah, blah, blah..Of course all her special gifts she is willing to share with the world. Give me Pema Chodron, or Erik Tolle who spend their time telling you exactly how to be in the present, and get closer to being here in a conscious, passionate way, and do not go on and on about themselves

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IfYou want to understand family dysfunction....

Revisado: 03-20-15

Shot in the Head is an insightful, beautifully told true story of an incredibly dysfunctional, weird family. Mikal Gilmore is a great writer and gives psychological insights that are rare even in a trained psychiatrist/psychologist. The reader is wonderful, and you would believe he is Mikal Gilmore himself, he reads with such sensitivity and mood. My only regret is that it is abridged. The book is a wonderful supplant to Mailer's book, Executioner's Song, delving into Gary Gilmore's parents and family dynamics.

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Thought provoking

Revisado: 03-13-15

Ablow takes the reader into the home of the Anthony'a and gives a very in depth look at the psychopathology of Casey and her family. The book takes the reader successfully beyond the headlines and he provides a detailed reading and analysis of the tapes and records and transcripts, interviewing a few people that are interesting to hear. However, he totally overdetermines the cause of Casey's criminal behavior and sociopathology by blaming her parents. Casey, by his own account, is a master liar yet he totally takes as as fact her claim, totally unsubstantiated, that her father molested her and forced her to perform oral sex on him as a child. This should be one theory, not a determining factor, taken as fact. And, yes, his portrait of Cindy, the mother, as the over controlling mother is fascinating and convincing, but this reader couldn't help but wonder if a lot of this controlling behavior and denial was not the cause of Casey's sickness, but the result of trying to live with a daughter who was, from an early age, a manipulative liar --a sociopath.

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