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Trapped in the Mirror

Trapped in the Mirror

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A "MUST READ" FOR THE ADULT CHILD OF A NARCISSIST PARENT
Review: I have not finished this book yet, but I can't put it down. I see my entire family in there. I have been living this MADNESS for the last 50 years! I had no idea that anyone else had a problem like mine. I am half way through the book, and for the first time in my life, I feel as free as a bird! My "mother" is 87 years old, and as of yesterday, she is on her own! I feel no guilt. Only anger that I allowed anyone to put me through such madness for such a long time. I have been to Hell and back a few times, but I am now back to stay! I can't help her, but I can help myself! The terror ride is over! Buy this book!!! You'll be glad you did!!!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Trapped In This Author's Mirror
Review: Do NOT waste your time reading this book. I couldn't finish this book and believe me I tried. I ended up thumbing through the last two chapters just to see if there was anything worth reading in the end since the rest of it was a complete bore. I mean did I have to sift through a bunch of stuff to find the diamond in this book, obviously not. Through each chapter I would find one sentence that would hit home and then read through the droning stories of her friends and herself. I felt punished. I felt like I was sitting with my Narcissistic parent and listening to his bull.

Please don't waste your money or your time. Trust me and the others who have given this book a negative review. Its not worth it. I give it one star for its creative cover and title. The rest of the book is just brain farts from the author.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: NEED HELP? DON'T READ THIS.
Review: If you are looking for a book that will help you cope with narcissistic abuse from your parents, spouses, or bosses...look elsewhere. The author is seethingly resentful of her emotionally bullying father, and a good part of the book is a series of autobiographical vignettes about her inability to stand up to him after all these years. If she still can't take care of herself , don't think she can help you on your way to emotional strength.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I FINALLY Understand
Review: This book has been life-changing for me. Having grown up in an entire FAMILY of narcissists, I now understand that each one of them had a specific agenda for me, and that made it impossible for me to discover who I really am. The good news is that the information in this book can help facilitate this discovery going forward. I read this book at the suggestion of a CoDA friend, and we were involved in a step-study at the time. This book helped "flesh out" much of what we discovered during our step study, and answered many of the questions we'd both been struggling with for years.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hija de una narcisista
Review: This book opened my eyes. It took me 3 months and a lot of tears to read it in full. It was too hard and emotionally draining. Six months have passed and my relationship with my mother has changed. She continues to be the same. I am not. My therapist recommended this book and I will always be grateful for that.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: self-indulgent self-analysis with metaphors run amok
Review: I sympathize with the author, who has serious issues of her own to address, but I felt as though I should be paid to be her analyst by reading this book. I was drawn by the case studies, which I thought would provide personalized accounts of this serious issue; instead, I found each case study slanted to illuminate the author's own problems. I got more insight reading the book jacket blurb (which summarizes typical narcissistic behaviors) than I did plowing through the text itself.

I agree with other reviewers who identify the urgent need for further editing. In her valiant attempt to garner sympathy, the author has not left a single metaphoric stone unturned. When she most needs to be clear and concise, she inter-weaves images until they make no sense at all.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Seeing what true change takes..she works!
Review: One cannot stop a legacy of ancestrally evolved narcissists without great passion, work, insight. No one can come out with relief and still have a willingness to return and write about the grueling details. To clearly and concisely relate an adventure of passion and insight, the feelings of the moments must be expressed and not in terms of looking back. After this book, we come to not only understand the aspects of narcissism but the debth of involvement the true change requires. Personally, I will watch and wait for Dr. Golomb's sequel for as long as it takes. True understanding of change in this human evolution will take more than one or two books.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Fails to balance the objective and the subjective
Review: I think this book makes some good points about narcissistic parents, especially if this territory is unfamiliar to the reader. Unfortunately the points are meandering at times, the organization is confusing, and the examples used in the book strike me as too personal and not objective. For a recovered child of narcissistic parents, the author sure spends a lot of time talking about herself.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The title says it all; but the solution...?
Review: This is a book that should be devoured. If narcissism even touches you-in any way-even if you are simply curious, this book is as close to a road map of the competing interests and suffering that spin off from living (or growing up)in a "house" where an ego "fills the room".

The title of the book says it all. Trapped in the mirror? Here's what happened, how it happened, why it happened, and the behavior and suffering that was spun off from this morass. Anger? Self loathing? The author had that too. This is not a view from headquarters, this is from the trenches-she was there next to you and has the scars to prove it.

A component of therapy-self or otherwise-often is the realization that you have a shared experience with others. That doesn't make the painful experience go away but it can provide relief once you understand the mechanics of the cause and effect and that others have had a like experience.

It is ironic that the reader remains trapped in the mirror upon completion of the book. The majority of the book is so on target for any "recipient" of narcissistic missiles that the reader excitedly waits for the answers; the alleviation of the pain or at least a path towards resolution and deliverance.

I don't imagine there are many who believe that they will find the promised land in a book. However, the author has done an enormous service in unfolding the elements of narcissism. Alot of time, money and upset can be avoided by devouring this book. Its that good. You won't, however, find dessert on the menu.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Anecdotal at best
Review: This book was frustrating. I kept waiting for answers, and all I got was anecdotal evidence of a woman and her brother. There are better books...


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