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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
I applaud Suzan, and her honesty, about her life. She is such a brave soul to stand up for herself, against people who would judge her. Sometimes all that can be seen is bigotry in this world, and people need to look at how they can better the person in the mirror, rather than those around them. Oh what we could accomplish if we put half the effort we do of judging and direct toward ourselves!
I thought this was a highly introspective and moving book. I love keeping my mind open to all possibilities. Great book, Suzan.
I thought this was a highly introspective and moving book. I love keeping my mind open to all possibilities. Great book, Suzan.
This was such an honest biography, I almost felt like a voyeur for reading it. Suzan tells all in this book of her frightful childhood and her coming into her own, for the moment. As much as think The Reluctant Psychic is about her abilities and realizing this made her special, this is also a book about coming to terms with her family’s secrets.
I have to admit that this book almost includes too much. The details of the taunting by her mother and childhood bullies were terrible to read. The truth about her father, and her mother’s husband, were obviously not made up. The lack of love from her mother made me wonder how she came into the world at all, much less with such hope for the future. Sad to see what people put children through. Despite all of that Suzan still retains all of this hope for herself and the coincidences in her life.
She admits that she can’t see anything about her own fate, but then she actually does a few times. Some of the people that feature in this story seem right out of a comic book or something. I have no doubt that people treat clairvoyants differently when they know about them. I just didn’t realize how differently. The people in this book wear costumes and believe in fairies, not that it is all bad. The people in this story seem a little dreamy and very far from the reality I live in. I could see why she calls herself the reluctant psychic, as much as she seemed to just want to be like everyone else she isn’t. People treat her very differently and expect much more from her. It was interesting to learn about how she stumbled through her beginnings. It didn’t really help her to be clairvoyant, except to make her really different from everyone else.
I liked this story, but I was really torn on how to rate it. Due to the genuine person behind this tale, and her unique story, I had to admire her honesty. Not everyone can get up and tell the truth about their skeletons. This is a very resilient woman. I don’t read many biography books, but I believed in Suzan, she seemed real to me. This whole book is delivered in first person. The writer was obviously trying not to skip anything in the delivery. It probably had too many details without enough of the psychic stories we all want to read about. I felt like it needed it to have more of a focused delivery to gain the popularity that this woman’s story probably deserves.
I have to admit that this book almost includes too much. The details of the taunting by her mother and childhood bullies were terrible to read. The truth about her father, and her mother’s husband, were obviously not made up. The lack of love from her mother made me wonder how she came into the world at all, much less with such hope for the future. Sad to see what people put children through. Despite all of that Suzan still retains all of this hope for herself and the coincidences in her life.
She admits that she can’t see anything about her own fate, but then she actually does a few times. Some of the people that feature in this story seem right out of a comic book or something. I have no doubt that people treat clairvoyants differently when they know about them. I just didn’t realize how differently. The people in this book wear costumes and believe in fairies, not that it is all bad. The people in this story seem a little dreamy and very far from the reality I live in. I could see why she calls herself the reluctant psychic, as much as she seemed to just want to be like everyone else she isn’t. People treat her very differently and expect much more from her. It was interesting to learn about how she stumbled through her beginnings. It didn’t really help her to be clairvoyant, except to make her really different from everyone else.
I liked this story, but I was really torn on how to rate it. Due to the genuine person behind this tale, and her unique story, I had to admire her honesty. Not everyone can get up and tell the truth about their skeletons. This is a very resilient woman. I don’t read many biography books, but I believed in Suzan, she seemed real to me. This whole book is delivered in first person. The writer was obviously trying not to skip anything in the delivery. It probably had too many details without enough of the psychic stories we all want to read about. I felt like it needed it to have more of a focused delivery to gain the popularity that this woman’s story probably deserves.
The author tells the story of her life as a psychic, but the story is as much about her strange, sad family life as it is about her psychic abilities and readings. All in all, her story is rather depressing. Her mother never showed her any affection and Suzan's love life and personal life was a mess. The psychic readings scattered throughout make it more interesting.
I recieved this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
When I first got this book I did not know if I would like it. I thought that it would just be about some crazy lady, who thought everyone was good and there were only good spirits. I was surprised when I began reading it. I eventually figured out she has the same beliefs that I do. I have never fit into a specific religion, seeing that all of them could be related to each other. I've also believed in spirits. This helped me realize that I most likely have past lives and it fits into how I have always been interested in certain periods of time.
I was amazed by all the things that happened to her and around her. We all hope to find our soulmates and we always expect that when we do we will fall in love in a romantic way. I liked to find out that a soulmate may not be someone you can be romantic with and you may not find in every life, but they will always be waiting at some point.
This was a book I really enjoyed and it taught me about myself and my beliefs.
When I first got this book I did not know if I would like it. I thought that it would just be about some crazy lady, who thought everyone was good and there were only good spirits. I was surprised when I began reading it. I eventually figured out she has the same beliefs that I do. I have never fit into a specific religion, seeing that all of them could be related to each other. I've also believed in spirits. This helped me realize that I most likely have past lives and it fits into how I have always been interested in certain periods of time.
I was amazed by all the things that happened to her and around her. We all hope to find our soulmates and we always expect that when we do we will fall in love in a romantic way. I liked to find out that a soulmate may not be someone you can be romantic with and you may not find in every life, but they will always be waiting at some point.
This was a book I really enjoyed and it taught me about myself and my beliefs.