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Summary: Painful Reading
Review: Painful because of the subject matter, and painful because of Laing's style or pretension towards one.If you want to find out about Laing, read his earlier stuff first. This is not Laing at his best, this is the threadbare, ideologially-exhausted Laing. By the point in his life that he wrote this, his time had definitely been.
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Summary: Compelling and Frighteningly Recognizable
Review: RD Laing's Knots is a brilliantly written examination of the ways in which our own minds interfere with our personal relationships, bringing life to a standstill of self-hatred inflicted on those around us. Knots is a particularly valid study of the relationships of those closest to us, our families. However, it might just barely be possible that everything in your life is perfect, and that you interact with others in a realm far above that of the average human being, in which case you probably won't like knots, but if you, like many others, struggle with your own feelings of inadequacy and doubt, then you too will find Knots compelling. On a side note, I'm not sure that paying 8 dollars would be advisable. I found it at a used book sale, but if that doesn't work, try a library.
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Summary: Beyond Brilliant!!
Review: Take a chance and let your mind go to a place where few follow. RD Laing was, in my opinion, a master within his field. Other reviewers summed up what the book is about pretty nicely, so I won't approach the inner workings. Instead, I suggest you take a serious look at the author, this, and his other writings (esp. Politics of Experience). If you want to really figure out who you are, why you think the way you do, and how we are all perpetually children, then you really should take a look at this book! However, don't expect to understand it all the first time you read it...yes, that means reading it again, and again, and again........in a good way :) Best Wishes!
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Summary: Beyond Brilliant!!
Review: Take a chance and let your mind go to a place where few follow. RD Laing was, in my opinion, a master within his field. Other reviewers summed up what the book is about pretty nicely, so I won't approach the inner workings. Instead, I suggest you take a serious look at the author, this, and his other writings (esp. Politics of Experience). If you want to really figure out who you are, why you think the way you do, and how we are all perpetually children, then you really should take a look at this book! However, don't expect to understand it all the first time you read it...yes, that means reading it again, and again, and again........in a good way :) Best Wishes!
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Summary: sunny side up
Review: The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. This book is underrated at 5 stars. This is man's last thought before the flood, a secular prophecy. It's all too intense to read this book according to Miss Marion Jane's interpretation.
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Summary: A great book if you like to play on words and concepts.
Review: This is a book of many clever twists based on very simple subjects. As the name suggests, Mr. Laing amusingly ties and unties knots with common words and phrases. He will have you laughing one moment, and reading out loud the next. You will certainly want to share this book with friends. If you like brain teasers and abstract humor, get tied up in Knots.
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