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Summary: Yeah... almost... but no
Review: Acquired the book and managed to get through everything in less than an afternoon. What does that mean? It skirts the surface of things but doesn't quite help to identify and mitigate toxics. The examples and anecdotes are numerous yet don't quite convice.
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Summary: A comical book, actually!
Review: As I was reading this book I came across some comical information. I thought I was just not understanding so I discussed it with my husband. He also agreed that some things written in this book were somewhat odd.
It did not help me at all. The toxic people discribed were elementary. I put the book down and have never picked it up again.
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Summary: Good at finding your problem people but not much else
Review: Dr Glass does a fine job with listing the types of toxic people you will encounter. It will be fun to say, "Oh so and so is this one, and he is this she is that ect." However there are NOT ten ways to deal with the toxic people. How to cope with the bad people is a glaring weakness of the book. Except for questioning people's stupid positions, there will be no new information on how to cope with toxic people. Do note this book does have a socialist feminist twist to it, but it is tolerable.
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Summary: Hysterical!!
Review: I bought this book because I work with an "angry pugilist" (as denoted by Dr. Glass). I found this book a very easy read, it was very amusing, so it kept my interest, unlike some of the other really dry ones. She identifies a bunch of different types of "toxic" people like "bitchy bossy bullies", "wishy washy wimp" "the mental case", and so many more. She gives explicit detailed desciptives of these people, then she gives examples of their behavior, and then she goes into techniques to deal with them. Although some of the come backs she uses are definitely brash, and I probably wouldn't say half of them, they are still REALLY funny, and as I read out loud at work, some of us were in tears laughing so hard. There are a few things I did learn from the book about myself actually, and if I can rethink the way I am, I may have better success dealing with miserable people.
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Summary: Hysterical!!
Review: I bought this book because I work with an "angry pugilist" (as denoted by Dr. Glass). I found this book a very easy read, it was very amusing, so it kept my interest, unlike some of the other really dry ones. She identifies a bunch of different types of "toxic" people like "bitchy bossy bullies", "wishy washy wimp" "the mental case", and so many more. She gives explicit detailed desciptives of these people, then she gives examples of their behavior, and then she goes into techniques to deal with them. Although some of the come backs she uses are definitely brash, and I probably wouldn't say half of them, they are still REALLY funny, and as I read out loud at work, some of us were in tears laughing so hard. There are a few things I did learn from the book about myself actually, and if I can rethink the way I am, I may have better success dealing with miserable people.
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Summary: A neat tool for survival!
Review: I bought this book sometime ago, I've read it several times, and boy does Lillian Glass provide the reader with a ton of useful information on how to deal with all the difficult monsters who try to transform you life into a nightmare. Lillian Glass plots each toxic type of personality in chronological order, and then goes on to explain how to deal with these people in an effective way that leaves you with your sanity. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to improve their relationships, both personal and professional. Remeber, the people round you do affect the quality of your life and this book is an effective tool to help you rid yourself of all the monsters who want to turn it into a nightmare!
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Summary: Easy to Read, helps you categorize toxic ones in your life
Review: I found this book helpful. I never realized how many different kinds of toxic people there are and how even I can be toxic in several categories. This book has helped me learn how to confront difficult people in my life, and when the situation calls for it, unplug completely as no one is worth losing my self image over.Dr. Glass uses real life stories from patients to encourage readers that there is hope to recover from the effects toxic people have on us. It's easy to read and see people you know in each of her descriptions of the toxic individuals. Now I am seeing how I too can be toxic and am working towards eliminating patterns that keep me around negative people.
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Summary: Not a Helpful Book!
Review: I found this book over the top and unsettling. The author has dumped more friends than most of us will ever have. I believe there are definitely toxic people in our lives, but this book reccomends saying extremely nasty,hateful things to these people and dumping them forever. I read this book hoping for coping mechanisms and understanding, but got more of a How- to- out-toxic-your-toxic-friends manual.
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Summary: Interesting, but lacks depth.
Review: Lillian Glass has written an interesting book that certainly is worth reading if only to give you another way of dealing with the 'unsociable' people in your life. Certainly, there were several excellant terms of phrases that Lillian recommends you use when replying to obnoxious behaviour by others.
Apart from that, I felt that this author's analysis of the type of people who make decent peoples's live miserable to be rather shallow.
Although she is a communications expert and no doubt that requires a fair degree of psychology, she is not a psychologist and it shows particularly when comparing the writings of say Dr Paul Hauck for example.
Lillian appears to have used too many labels, 30, in categorising toxic people. In truth, there might well be many more types of behaviour, but surely there are considerably less 'types of personalities', but most have learnt many other behaviours to varying degrees during there lives.
No, this book is a good start in beginning to handle toxic people, but should not be considered the definitive article.
A better method is Paul Hauck's book on 'how to cope with people who dive you crazy'. It says much more, in far fewer words.
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Summary: Interesting, but lacks depth.
Review: Lillian Glass has written an interesting book that certainly is worth reading if only to give you another way of dealing with the 'unsociable' people in your life. Certainly, there were several excellant terms of phrases that Lillian recommends you use when replying to obnoxious behaviour.
Apart from that, I felt that this author's analysis of the types of people who make decent peoples live's miserable to be rather shallow.
Although she is a communications expert which no doubt requires a fair degree of psychology, she is not a psychologist and it shows particularly when comparing the writings with those of say Dr Paul Hauck.
Lillian appears to have used too many labels, 30 in all, when categorising toxic people. In truth, there might well be many more types of behaviour, but surely there are considerably less 'types of personalities', most of whom have learnt many other behaviours to varying degrees during their lives.
No, this book is a good start in beginning to handle toxic people, but should not be considered the definitive article.
A book with more simple and cleaer suggestions for handling obnoxious people is Dr. Paul Hauck's book on 'dealing with people who dive you crazy'. It says much more, in far fewer words.
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