Reviving Ophelia : Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

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Summary: A guide for us teens going through vulnerable times.
Review: I first started browsing through this book in a book store. I wouldn't put it down until my mom bought it for me. I am at a very vulnerable point in my life- my sixteenth year. This book helped me realize that I am not the only teen who is being pressured to do things I don't feel comfortable with. That there are other teens with my problems. I reccomend this to anyone. It's not just for adolescent girls.

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Summary: very disappointing
Review: I was extremely disappointed with this book. It portrays teenage girls as nothing more than slaves to a male dominated society with no brains of there own. I found it extremely negative, and only focused on teenage girls from dysfunctional families. For more positive reading about teenage girls i suggest the book "Raising our Athletic Daughters". That is a book worth reading.

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Summary: Honest accounts of Adolescence
Review: After hearing the hype of Reviving Ophelia, I purchased it a year ago skimming the most interesting case studies. After rereading the entire book, I am compelled to re-read specific stories every month or so. I believe it is an honest account of female adolescence. My interest in the stigma associated with weight was addressed in this book. I also respect Pipher's brutal honesty regarding weight: admitting it DOES matter and female, young or old, are treated differently because of their weight.

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Summary: An amazing, true to life, and exquisitely written book.
Review: The stories she tells are compelling and it was a joy to read. As a teenage girl, it was wondeful to see that someone has hope for us. She wasn't judgmental, she knows that we live in a different age. That most people do struggle in their teenage years and that you can overcome it. It is really an important book for all to read.

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Summary: Interesting for the complexity unveiled
Review: Yes, when I was an adolescent boy I never understood girls. Now I can understand a little better the changes they have to go through and be more understanding. But, from there to be androginous people? Hardly. Boys are boys and girls are girls. Yet we are equal but different, we should learn to tolerate our differences and work together again.

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Summary: On of my favorite books, on the mark, true, and compelling.
Review: I read this book when it first came out in paperback. My mom brought it home for me, at first I thought it was a dumb book and I dismissed it easily. A little while later I picked it up and actually read it. This book is now one of my favorite books. I AM a teenage girl. Dr. Pipher has spent years gathering this information and she truly does understand it, and us. She gives you a first hand account from the "front lines" of a adolescent girl. We do have problems, none of which are easy to understand. She does not make them appear to be easy to understand or to solve. This is not a book that was written overnight on a whim. She obviously took a lot of care when writing this book and it shines through on every page. I read this book whenever I am having a rough period in my life, and it helps me. I then remember that I am not alone, and that others are suffering right along with me. I encourage every teen girl, or parent of a teen or pre-teen girl to read this book. It will open your eyes. I cannot sing her praises loud enough.

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Summary: Ophelia opened our eyes to our daughter's real world
Review: Mary Pipher opened our eyes just in time to the "other world" our daughter was involved in. We had no idea what was going on with her and her friends. Our daughter lived one life around us and another life with her peers. Between this book and our growing suspicions we did find out the truth. If we knew then, what we know now about the peer pressure and what these teens go through in crowded public middle and high schools, we would never have sent her to them. We would have home schooled or sent her to private schools. Thank you Mary P.

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Summary: I thought this book was very interesting and insightful.
Review: This book gave me a new look at raising my daughter. She is only two and I had it set in my mind how I am going to raise her. The things that I have in mind are mentioned in the book and made me feel good about the decisions that I have made about my choices for parenting. I would recommend this book for any single, new mothers that are out there raising or going to raise daughters.

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Summary: she is a caring person
Review: I met Mary years ago. She is quite simply the most brilliant woman I have ever met. Read this book!

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Summary: Superficial pop psychology.
Review: Because the title, "Reviving Ophelia," is easily the most interesting and thought-provoking aspect of Pipher's book, reading her work is extremely disappointing. Her analysis is superficial, informed only by the most obvious observations and supported by an insubstantial, vague, and apparently untested theoretical framework. If adolescent girls are this easy to understand, we certainly do not need the likes of Dr. Pipher to help us understand them. I recommend that the reader simply contemplate the title without purchasing the book, thereby saving both time and money.