Scan barcode
A review by libraryforspooky
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
2.0
I try not to rate memoirs or non-fiction books low. However, Elizabeth Wurtzel attended and graduated Harvard. It's often mislead that the author was living in poverty but was able to afford an ivy league education and visit therapists on a weekly basis. The book itself is a recollection of the author being depressed, which I understand completely, but the author had a substance abuse issue and we often are met with a wall when talking about the crippling depression. How did she finish school when she could never get out of bed?
She was saved by prozac and like girl, me too but its not a miracle drug. You won't just change your personality by taking prozac, you have to genuinely put in the work for a brighter outcome. Where was the work?
By the end, I can see why this is a favorite of Caroline Calloway. A self absorbed upper middle class young women who is able to see a therapist, pay for prescription drugs and pay for ivy league tuition.
She was saved by prozac and like girl, me too but its not a miracle drug. You won't just change your personality by taking prozac, you have to genuinely put in the work for a brighter outcome. Where was the work?
By the end, I can see why this is a favorite of Caroline Calloway. A self absorbed upper middle class young women who is able to see a therapist, pay for prescription drugs and pay for ivy league tuition.