Reviews for Memories That Matter

The average rating for Memories That Matter based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-11-15 00:00:00 Brent Preston This book has the most annoying writing style of any book I have read in two years. I am SO frustrated because the subject matter is truly interesting. The author appears to be unable to write a descriptive paragraph without the words 'limbic' or 'id' in every other sentence. He also decided to alternate chapters with imaginary conversations with the ghost of Dr. Freud which are supposed to be cute, but instead are asinine and fart-joke juvenile. Most frustrating of all, when he finally gets to the central points of the book, he illustrates the various drives and instincts behind human craziness, i.e. status, lust, rage, attachment, territorial, survival, nurturance, purpose, with supposedly verbatim talks with friends and acquaintances which read like teenage school-lunchroom conversations. The real-world examples he sprinkles around in straightforward descriptions are the truly interesting and fascinating stories I wanted to read, but I couldn't take the annoying and irritating manner of 'humorous' (not) imaginary dialogues which comprise most of the book.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-07-29 00:00:00 Syvongsay Saokham It is baffling to me why anyone would write a psuedo-serious book exploring psychology and the choices people make and then have every other chapter as a pretend conversation between leading researchers and Freud. This book was nearly unreadable and what little did make sense was boring and the same old pop psychology nonsense.