Rating: 
Summary: truly awful
Review: This is, without a doubt, one of the WORST books ever written. And I thought "Prozac Nation" was bad! Sheesh. Lauren Slater may suffer from depression, but her writing is schizophrenic. "Prozac Diary" jumps from one style to the next (alternating between first, second, and third person). She jumps topics, rambles, writes part of it journal-style, part stream of consciousness, part all dialogue. Slater seems to be under the impression that her abstract, mundane thoughts are of great interest to the general public. This books is so horribly overwritten and boring, I found myself struggling to finish it. If you want to read a good account of depression, try "The Bell Jar" or "Girl, Interrupted."
Rating:
Summary: I should have borrowed it from the library!
Review: What a disappointment! Anxiously awaiting another delicious read, I bought this book in hardcover when it first came out two years ago. Maybe if I would have read it before Wurtzel's Prozac Nation or Plath's The Bell Jar I would have been enlightened; however, this just pales in comparison. Save your money.
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