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Just picked up More, Now, Again....aan amazingly accurate portrayal of the spirals through the brain chemistry of a drug addict. It's such a cliche to say that there were parts of me that were shocked by the simliarities of the apparently generic speed freaked mind...that constant struggle of one more day, one more time...it doesn't matter; no one cares, please let everyone care...I love this book.

>>By postwarbrit (Saturday, 25 Jan 2003 12:59)

She is an inspitation. She is the only one I feel could ever understand what i feel when i'm having the problems i have. It would be a dream to see her for one momment so I can see and feel her strength. I love you Elizebeth

>>By Megan (Saturday, 25 Jan 2003 12:59)

I read that book a few years ago.. .. I Lived that Life.. Sad thing is, I am still living it..

>>By Brett Katz (Saturday, 25 Jan 2003 12:59)

I don't want anyone's pity but i totally agree with the books, life is shit-always-trying to climb out of that state of mind is shit too, for some impossible unfortunately. But even if your not a genius or can't express how you feel to the level of true art Elizabeth can, write about it, it keeps you going more than anything else in life.

>>By Gemma (Saturday, 25 Jan 2003 12:59)

She intrigues me but aggravates me. I liked Bitch best. I feel really disturbed after finishing the More, Now, Again book. Whatever she is, I was inspired to write a piece for the first time I can remember. For that, I thank her. Elizabeth, wherever and whatever you are, I thank you.

>>By jen (Saturday, 25 Jan 2003 12:59)

Although she has a character that is of an indulgent one, she is very good at roping u into her world and making u feel sorry for her, She is lucky to have been able to make money out of her depression, it makes u want to indulge in ure own and become a writer, like Sylvia PLath and so many out there.

>>By zehra (Saturday, 25 Jan 2003 12:59)

If someone mentions the name of Elizabeth Wurtzel, I'm interested from the word go. Prozac Nation has to be one of the, if not the best books I've ever read in my entire exsistence! At the moment I'm reading 'Bitch' and I can't put it down! Elizabeth writes amazingly and reading her is like a relief from the outside world. Thankyou Elizabeth.

>>By Eliza (Saturday, 25 Jan 2003 12:59)

Elizabeth Wurtzel has me wanting More, Now, Again. Her writing is intelligent, witty and very inspirational. I look forward to her next book, hope its soon!

>>By denise (Wednesday, 29 Jan 2003 20:17)

Elizabeth Wurtzel is too much like another woman with a mood disorder: Kay Redmonson (sp?). Self-indulgent, inconsiderate, and too obsessed with trying to justify her inappropriate ways and make money off people at the same time, rather than cleaning up her act. Sorry, Elizabeth, but I won't co-dependently buy into your illness. (The books were loaned to me by somebody who thought I might like them.)

>>By redcatdave (Thursday, 30 Jan 2003 11:30)

P.S. If you really want to read a book about depression, try William Styron's "The Darkness Visible." Now, this is a person with a mood disorder who chose to cope with it in a responsible way. Elizabeth Wurtzel should have a talk with him. She might learn something.

>>By redcatdave (Saturday, 1 Feb 2003 06:52)

When I first time took book about Prozak, I thought, that it's about nothing, but when I read it twice, I understood, that depression is really big problem and the books as a prozak nation shows it.

>>By Megejaz (Thursday, 13 Feb 2003 16:36)

The beautiful Ms. Wurtzel is on par with J.D. Salinger. The difference being the reclusive Mr. Salinger uses ficticious characters to show his disdain for the world and those in it while Ms. Wurtzel chooses to display this thought in her real life experiences. Both are true genius writers showing the pains of life in different formats

>>By skcormada (Tuesday, 18 Feb 2003 09:41)

I am reading now Prozac Nation... That`s me. Thanks Elizabeth for puting feelings into words in a way that I can listen to myself.

>>By nina manolo (Wednesday, 19 Feb 2003 02:11)

nina manolo enjoy, it's really good book.

>>By Megejaz (Tuesday, 25 Feb 2003 11:32)

To skycormada and megajaz: I'm glad you enjoy reading books by Ms. Wurtzel. However, instead of enjoying her disdain of the world and self-grandizing, where is the sense of responsibility for herself? She doesn't show this in her books. And have you considered William Styron's take on depression and how he coped with it? He's the one who also wrote "Sophie's Choice."

>>By redcatdave (Friday, 28 Feb 2003 05:51)

I read her first book, Prozac Nation, a few years ago. It's one of my favorite books. I've read her other books, Bitch and Radical Sanity, and of course, her newest one, More, Now, Again. She's the one of the best nonfiction writers of Generation X. I hope that she keeps on writing. She's witty, beautful, and most of all, talented as hell. I hope to one day meet her.

>>By Zelmer Wilson (Saturday, 15 Mar 2003 13:11)

To Zelmer Wilson: I'm glad you enjoyed her books, but once again, I wish I knew how to show people a more responsible way of coping with depression. As always, William Styron does a better job, and I hope Ms. Wurtzel isn't the best nonfiction writer Generation X can produce.

>>By redcatdave (Saturday, 22 Mar 2003 09:40)

it was good to see myself in the words of somebody else.

>>By yann sanders (Wednesday, 26 Mar 2003 15:40)

Dear redcatdave,
as I understood, yuo try to compare two writers? Wurtzel and William Styron?

>>By Megejaz (Friday, 11 Apr 2003 14:51)

heya lads,
Elizabeth Wurtzel kicks ass!! She's brutally honest in all her books, her stories, her account of her life, and we all love and appreciate her writing.............she's so in tune with her emotions, when she's doing coke, i can feel what she does....................bliss!!!
mj

>>By missy_jet (Tuesday, 20 May 2003 14:46)

I'm not sure Prozac Nation is my favorite book but it's one of the best I'v read. It's been over three months since I put it down but I can still feel Elizebeth's words penitrating my indides day in and day out. This book is wonderful and I'm glad it's such a success because, in a way, depreswsion exploited her and now she's doing the same. Elizebeth is evening the score and alchemizing her pain into a sense of releaf for her readers who no longer feel alone and misunderstood

>>By smart? (Sunday, 25 May 2003 00:12)

I'm not sure Prozac Nation is my favorite book but it's one of the best I'v read. It's been over three months since I put it down but I can still feel Elizebeth's words penitrating my insides day in and day out. This book is wonderful and I'm glad it's such a success because, in a way, depression exploited her and now she's doing the same. Elizebeth is evening the score and alchemizing her pain into a sense of releaf for her readers who no longer feel alone and misunderstood

>>By smart? (Sunday, 25 May 2003 00:14)

To Megajazz,
Yes, I am comparing two writers, Elizabeth Wurtzel and William Styron. As somebody with bipolar disorder, I read every book I could get my hands on after I was first diagnosed. I wanted to see how others have managed their illness. I was very disappointed with Ms. Wurtzel because she doesn't hold herself accountable for her actions. I recommend Mr. Styron regularly because he shows the cause-and-effect of an illness and a healthier, more responsible way of managing it. There is another writer, Kay Redmond Jamison, but she is equally irresponsible for herself.

>>By redcatdave (Saturday, 14 Jun 2003 05:55)

Correction. The other writer I mentioned is Kay Redfield Jamison.

>>By redcatdave (Sunday, 15 Jun 2003 23:19)

I think that most intellectuals often suffer from depression (not to be confused thinking that the depressed are intellectuals). I think what is so fabulous about Liz, is that she is beautiful. It defies what society believes about women. We are taught to believe that if you are pretty, you can't be intellegent as well. She is creating something new and important. Hopefully other cute girls will follow. lets talk about Liz! jaxislax@yahoo.com

>>By Jaxie (Tuesday, 17 Jun 2003 04:40)

I agree with Jaxie above. A lot of people insult Wurtzel because she's "hot" and had a scholarship to Harvard, and had a lot of money and so they think she has nothing to be depressed over. I've seen people say the most awful things about her and and they're always saying stuff like "i lost my job and my wife and i can't afford rent and i'm not complaining so Wurtzel should shut up!" -- stuff like that. And I think those people really have no concept as to what depression is. It is such a self-centered disease, because you can't climb out of the hole that is your mind. To quote Prozac Nation: "Depression is a very narcissistic thing, it’s a self-involvement that is so deep and intense that it means the sufferer cannot get out of her own head long enough to see what real good, what genuine loveliness, there is in the world around her."

>>By holeINmySOUL6 (Thursday, 17 May 2007 22:15)

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