In The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani characterized Prozac Nation as ``by turns wrenching and comical, self-indulgent and self-aware,'' comparing it with the ``raw candor of Joan Didion's essays, the irritating emotional exhibitionism of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and the wry, dark humor of a Bob Dylan song.'' While praising Wurtzel's prose style as ``sparkling'' and ``luminescent,'' Kakutani thought the memoir ``would have benefited enormously from some strict editing'' and said that its ``self-pitying passages make the reader want to shake the author, and remind her that there are far worse fates than growing up during the '70s in New York and going to Harvard.''
In The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani characterized Prozac Nation as ``by turns wrenching and comical, self-indulgent and self-aware,'' comparing it with the ``raw candor of Joan Didion's essays, the irritating emotional exhibitionism of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and the wry, dark humor of a Bob Dylan song.''
case
in
In
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
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DT
compound
Number=Sing
New
New
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
York
York
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Times
Times
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Michiko
Michiko
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Kakutani
Kakutani
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
characterize
characterized
VERB
VBD
compound
Number=Sing
Prozac
Prozac
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Nation
Nation
PROPN
NNP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
case
by
by
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
turn
turns
NOUN
NNS
obl
Degree=Pos
wrenching
wrenching
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Degree=Pos
comical
comical
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
compound
Number=Sing
self
self
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
conj
Degree=Pos
indulgent
indulgent
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
compound
Number=Sing
self
self
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
conj
Degree=Pos
aware
aware
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
compare
comparing
VERB
VBG
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
case
with
with
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
``raw
``raw
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
candor
candor
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Joan
Joan
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Didion
Didion
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Plur
essay
essays
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
amod
Degree=Pos
irritating
irritating
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
emotional
emotional
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Sing
exhibitionism
exhibitionism
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Sylvia
Sylvia
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Plath
Plath
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Bell
Bell
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Jar
Jar
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
wry
wry
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
amod
Degree=Pos
dark
dark
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Sing
humor
humor
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Bob
Bob
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Dylan
Dylan
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
song
song
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
While praising Wurtzel's prose style as ``sparkling'' and ``luminescent,'' Kakutani thought the memoir ``would have benefited enormously from some strict editing'' and said that its ``self-pitying passages make the reader want to shake the author, and remind her that there are far worse fates than growing up during the '70s in New York and going to Harvard.''
mark
while
While
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
praise
praising
VERB
VBG
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Wurtzel
Wurtzel
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
prose
prose
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
style
style
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
obl
Number=Sing
sparkling
sparkling
NOUN
NN
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
``
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
punct
``
``
PUNCT
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conj
Number=Sing
luminescent
luminescent
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
''
''
PUNCT
``
nsubj
Number=Sing
Kakutani
Kakutani
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
think
thought
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
memoir
memoir
NOUN
NN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
aux
VerbForm=Fin
would
would
AUX
MD
aux
VerbForm=Inf
have
have
AUX
VB
ccomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
benefit
benefited
VERB
VBN
advmod
enormously
enormously
ADV
RB
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
some
some
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
strict
strict
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
editing
editing
NOUN
NN
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
say
said
VERB
VBD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
its
its
PRON
PRP$
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
compound
Number=Sing
self
self
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
VerbForm=Ger
pity
pitying
VERB
VBG
nsubj
Number=Plur
passage
passages
NOUN
NNS
ccomp
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
make
make
VERB
VBP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
reader
reader
NOUN
NN
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
want
want
VERB
VB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
shake
shake
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
author
author
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
VerbForm=Inf
remind
remind
VERB
VB
iobj
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
expl
there
there
PRON
EX
ccomp
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
are
VERB
VBP
advmod
Degree=Pos
far
far
ADV
RB
amod
Degree=Cmp
bad
worse
ADJ
JJR
nsubj
Number=Plur
fate
fates
NOUN
NNS
mark
than
than
SCONJ
IN
acl
VerbForm=Ger
grow
growing
VERB
VBG
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
case
during
during
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
punct
'
'
PUNCT
``
obl
Number=Plur
70s
70s
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Degree=Pos
New
New
ADJ
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
York
York
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
VerbForm=Ger
go
going
VERB
VBG
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Harvard
Harvard
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''