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    <body><![CDATA[The characters were such  unlikable jerks it was difficult to sludge through the stooopid plot ... much much better were the biographical chapters about Herr Schopenhauer's life and times!<br/><br/>And the dialogue!  Who talks like that?  But I suppose it is likely that people in therapy groups mi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38248217">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[From reading the blurb of “The Schopenhauer  Cure” I thought the book would be a very “heavy” read, tackling issues of philosophy, psychotherapy, morality and meaning. <br/><br/>However, in reality, what I found was a tender story about a group of people who meet weekly for group therapy s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73389859">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Irvin Yalom's love of therapy, especially the profoundly personal benefits that group therapy can bring, is apparent throughout this book.  It tells the personal tales of various group members as they share their joys and sorrows over the years (including the group leader's news that he has termina...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50091462">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A warning: this is more like a blog of free association than what I learned or my review. As I wrote in my last review of group/existential therapist/author, Irvin Yalom's Reader, thanks to friends Renee OBrien and Rocky Cole, I was finally ready to read some of his books. This was a great place to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6933756">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was reluctant to read this, because I'd tried another fiction of Yalom's and definitely did NOT like it-- in fact, I couldn't read it.  It was too much like Dean Koontz whose writing I do not like.<br/><br/>But, I really got into this book about dying, group therapy, and the life of German philo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5478892">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This dreadful, pretentious book is the quintessential vanity project. Its hero, an undisguised version of the author, is a powerful, wise, and beloved therapist who embodies and understands the only possible point of view allowed into the novel's claustrophobic universe. Yalom should have stuck to h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44015889">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got into this because I had to do a group presentation on Existential Psychotherapy -- basically helping clients accept mortality, and find meaning in their day-to-day life, versus assuming that everything is based on childhood experiences (Freud), or adjusting behavior in order to adjust thinking...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35820209">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[good read if one's interested in philosophy the light way and psychotherapy....good starter, probably not for people very much into these topics, but fine with me....easy read, entertaining, slightly annoying characters and all-too-wise dialogues, but good (though superficial) treatment of essential...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70575499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have the biggest crush on Yalom because he is so brilliant to read.  In this book he offers spoonfed philosophy (yummy! my favorite!) which allows a great deal of &quot;grist for the mill&quot;, as Yalom would say, to process and reflect upon personally, while observing how his diverse characters ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17934114">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This genre is what I wish I could write - philosophical fiction.  Except this was written by a psychiatrist.  But I thought the story was interesting, the Schopenhauer background was interesting, and they melded quite a well.  A very good read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great read - page turner - learnt that I know little about philosophy but can't wait to get into more books about the topic - also that people can be wise and kind without knowing much about the great thinkers - ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Zeer graag gelezen, maar kan niet tippen aan 'Nietzsches Tranen'.<br/>Iets te traag opgebouwd en de afwisseling van hoofdstukken was soms wat te gekunsteld.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first Yalom book that I read and I got hooked after this. A great combination of fiction and non-fiction, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, philosophy, and the bonds that unite people.  ]]></body>
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