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About being raised in an abusive home. About learning there's a bigger world out there. About the incredible difficultly in realizing that so much of who you are is coping mechanisms to survive the house you grew up in.

Tara tells us of the world created by her father, mother, and other family members and her slow escape from it, even when she didn't want to leave. Absolutely worth the read.

Do I agree with the goals of this book? Absolutely. Do I think it's a good book? ...... It's okay. I think the book is missing a concrete call-to-action that might have made it significantly better. They give examples of action, but never really prod the reader to take part in making change. Perhaps a better choice, if you're to read only one book in this area, would be Happy City by Charles Montgomery.

Never got assigned the book in school. It's way better than a diary by a 13-15 year old girl has any right to be. Like, extremely impressive how good it is. Anyway man, I'm real fried at the moment but it never hurts to remember that genocide is super bad and you shouldn't do it. You should also try to stop people from doing it as best you can. Seriously though, if you haven't read it, read the book.

A detestable man dies. In doing so, he becomes a much better person, eventually. I stayed up late to finish this book, so that's the summary you're getting. Worth the read, if you like mostly ordinary ghosts and wondering what the point is.

This is the first time I've ever gotten an explanation of repressed memories that didn't sound like bullshit, and I'm very happy for it. Kolk describes how traumatic events impact our brain function, how traumatic memories are stored differently to normal memories, and how modern therapy techniques like EMDR and neurofeedback are allowing people to finally retrain their brains in ways talk therapy and pharmaceuticals struggle to do.

Yeah, I mean, pretty good. Not amazeballs good, but I find I have a tendency to not appreciate the most popular of books. Does a good job of taking the principals of authoritarianism and turning them up to one hundred. It also does a good job of refusing to ascribe any meaning to the authoritarians, so that the reader can't learn anything other than "it's the authoritarian system that is bad, not it's started purpose."

A fun little book, I do have to wonder why this particular kid's book became a long-standing classic over any other. I suppose that's just the way things go. I do suggest you read it.

By walking us through just how and why we know some animals have a cognitive understanding of death, while others do not, Monsó paints a picture of both the rich lives of our fellow animals and the biases researchers accidentally introduce when studying them. Her writing is thorough, yet accessible, giving the reader a peek into the more technical and precise world of scientific research while keeping them engaged.

It's meaty sci-com.