Mont-Solliu reviewed Connection Cure by Julia Hotz
Good Message Mired in Too Much Fluff
3 stars
I was very excited to read this book, but put it down about 15% through because there's so much fluff and filler that it becomes a huge waste of time. I gave it a second try, accelerating skimming to try to find the useful parts, but gave up again at about the half point.
She is a good writer, but she is trying too hard to write a full book here, loaded with narration and stories, fluff and filler. That is not useful to a person like myself who is looking for information.
The second problem is that she leans into controversial studies and cherry picked research, reminding me well that even meta-analyses and systematic reviews need a trained eye which knows how to evaluate research. She does not show that she can evaluate the quality of research.
That said, the core message should be a no-brainer: for health care, …
I was very excited to read this book, but put it down about 15% through because there's so much fluff and filler that it becomes a huge waste of time. I gave it a second try, accelerating skimming to try to find the useful parts, but gave up again at about the half point.
She is a good writer, but she is trying too hard to write a full book here, loaded with narration and stories, fluff and filler. That is not useful to a person like myself who is looking for information.
The second problem is that she leans into controversial studies and cherry picked research, reminding me well that even meta-analyses and systematic reviews need a trained eye which knows how to evaluate research. She does not show that she can evaluate the quality of research.
That said, the core message should be a no-brainer: for health care, mental health issues especially, the practice of finding local social resources can be transformative and should be a part of the practitioner's toolkit.
