kitkat2500's review against another edition
5.0
This book holds many lessons for life. I took pages and pages of notes which I will have to re-read regularly. The first half, which tells the story of her youth during the holocaust, is heartbreaking. But her life story is very inspiring and uplifting.
I read Viktor Frankl’s Man Search For Meaning many years ago. I feel like this book is an updated version of that same message. The author worked with Frankl, so this is not a surprise.
Highly recommended.
I read Viktor Frankl’s Man Search For Meaning many years ago. I feel like this book is an updated version of that same message. The author worked with Frankl, so this is not a surprise.
Highly recommended.
alissamargaret's review against another edition
5.0
*Audiobook* This is a must read. I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into with this book but it was life-changing. Hearing Dr. Eger’s experiences as a Jewish POW during WWII, her liberation, and adjustment to life afterwards is eye-opening and moving. I found myself getting emotional hearing about all that she experienced. Her story challenged me to put my own struggles into perspective (although she reiterated multiple times throughout the book to not compare our adversities with others’) and I think I am forever changed after reading her book.
flobeulah's review against another edition
5.0
This is the kind of book that can change your life.
And it would definitely change at least your perspective.
It should be mandatory literature!
And it would definitely change at least your perspective.
It should be mandatory literature!
findyourgoldenhour's review against another edition
5.0
I normally wouldn’t have picked this up; I find Holocaust memoirs too difficult to read. But I read so many reviews about how ultimately uplifting this book is, and it is. There are no cliches or glossy happy endings: just the hard work of choosing to forgive and what the work of that looks like. I’m sure it was not easy for her to write parts of this book; what a gift this woman has given us.
akristaz00's review against another edition
5.0
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regsicat's review against another edition
5.0
So good! Edith Eger's story can be so daunting to read. What she went through in Auschwitz was unbelievably traumatic but I was inspired by not only how she survived, but how she approached life. She firmly believes that while we can all be recipients of victimization, it is our choice to remain a victim. As she details her story of survival and how she grapples with post-traumatic stress, you're left enthralled and amazed at her approach in life.
The strength of this book is also in how it showcases the healing powers of therapy and doing the difficult process of dealing and understanding your emotions in order to move forward. Would highly recommend it.
The strength of this book is also in how it showcases the healing powers of therapy and doing the difficult process of dealing and understanding your emotions in order to move forward. Would highly recommend it.
beccaalvey's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, this book was amazing. Dr. Edith Eger is an amazing, inspirational woman. Couldn't put it down, I was too drawn by her words and the deliverance of her story.