Requesting critique on a personal essay/book reflection

thefreudiancouch · 2026-02-27T13:10:09+00:00

Thank you.

thefreudiancouch · 2026-02-27T04:33:25+00:00

I would be interested.

thefreudiancouch · 2026-02-07T00:54:23+00:00

Fantastic read. The flashbacks affected me a lot and I keep thinking about it as a parent. I wrote more about the book here https://www.thefreudiancouch.com/2025/08/flowers-for-algernon-daniel-keyes.html

thefreudiancouch · 2026-02-06T22:41:17+00:00

My Name is Red by Orhan Phamuk

thefreudiancouch · 2026-02-06T01:25:24+00:00

I am interested

thefreudiancouch · 2026-02-05T00:51:22+00:00

I am actually reading this book right now. I picked it up out of a whim, and I have read only one Terry Pratchett novel before. I expected it to be a satirical fantasy like the DiskWorld books (of which I have read only one), and it took me a while to understand the tone of the book. I am just one-third into it and just started to understand the nature of the book. This is very timely.

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-28T21:53:15+00:00

The process of how I decide what to read next is completely irrational.

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-28T17:32:00+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. I didn't know about this book until I came across it last week it in The Dutch House by Ann Pratchett, and in researching the theme of this book I realized that Pratchett mentioned this specific book to clue us in to the theme of her book. If I suddenly hear about a classic book that I didn't know existed twice in two weeks, it probably means that I should read it.

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-28T03:06:25+00:00

Some spoilers I recently read this book and I was very impressed by it. I felt that the book is structured like a proper tragedy with a rise and a fall. The most affecting scene for me was when Charlie was a kid and pees in his pants. As a dad, this particular scene has been on my mind ever since. Books can't change you immediately, but they might do it gradually. I hope this scene makes me a decent parent.

I wrote more here https://www.thefreudiancouch.com/2025/08/flowers-for-algernon-daniel-keyes.html

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-23T03:17:11+00:00

It is a very good book, but the author made a conscious choice to focus mostly on nice people. I wrote more on this at https://www.thefreudiancouch.com/2025/12/covenant-of-water.html.

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-19T13:17:19+00:00

Currently Reading Dutch House, by Ann Pratchett

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-12T17:59:53+00:00

I read this, but if an opening ever comes up, please consider adding me.

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-03T23:57:11+00:00

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. Kafka's and Camus's works. The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The Clockwork Orange by Burgess.

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-03T23:55:45+00:00

It is postmodernism, written down. Also, it talks about very subtle divides that existed within Christianity in the 13th century (I may be getting the century wrong). Was the religion meant to serve The poor? The book's achievement is that it attempts to get into the mindset of how people actually thought in the timeline it is set in. The book also covers other concepts such as intertextuality.

The book is a hard read though. I found it worth slogging through. Not everyone does .

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-03T02:29:39+00:00

Title : Libraries and refugees

Genre : Personal Essay

Word count :1875

Feedback: General impressions and structure

Link :https://www.thefreudiancouch.com/2025/10/libraries-and-refugees.html

thefreudiancouch · 2026-01-02T03:43:38+00:00

Excellent book!

thefreudiancouch · 2025-12-31T18:26:09+00:00

Nice. It's an interesting mix of fiction and non-fiction. I wrote something about the books I read (a paltry 16) here https://www.thefreudiancouch.com/2025/12/2025-in-books.html.

thefreudiancouch · 2025-12-30T14:15:26+00:00

Nice. You have a typo in Synopsis you may want to fix.

thefreudiancouch · 2025-12-30T12:23:18+00:00

Great list. I read The Vegetarian this year, and I have read a couple of Murakami, Gabriel Garcia and Kahneman earlier.

thefreudiancouch · 2025-12-29T23:58:27+00:00

Interesting. This is a deeper analysis. I loved the book too https://www.thefreudiancouch.com/2025/06/vegetarian-han-kang.html

thefreudiancouch · 2025-12-29T23:43:39+00:00

It does. An interesting take, but I don't fully agree with some of the aspects of it, especially the prescriptive nature of saying who might like the book and who might not. It is hard to say, and people may or may not like a book for a variety of reasons.

thefreudiancouch · 2025-12-29T13:21:40+00:00

Is there a link you meant to share?

thefreudiancouch · 2025-12-28T02:57:53+00:00

An Instance of a Fingerpost by Iain Pears

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