Workbook for Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions (Max-Help Books) Paperback – July 22, 2020

All of these so-called workbooks by Max Help Books are nothing short of a scam. They are not authorized or written by the author of the book under review. They are very brief, poorly written summaries of the book that contain grammatical and syntactical errors. Not edited, not really a workbook, but they simply ask you basic questions to think about. It is totally apparent what Max Help Books is trying to do - get consumers to believe that the actual author of the book also wrote a comprehensive workbook to increase your understanding. It's a total manipulation and, as it turns out, Max Help Books with writer Dan Young (who by the way you cannot find anywhere. No contact information, no address, no real publisher, nothing!) creates dozens of these so-called workbooks for dozens of different books and then sells them to distributors on-line for a huge profit. Please do NOT waste your time. Amazon and other sellers need to review the products they are selling. Dan Young and Max Help Books ought to be ashamed of themselves for manipulating. Don't believe me? Look for yourself and then tell me what you think. It's a scam and I stand by what I say. Problems? Contact me at [email protected]

A crass, minimal-effort attempt to cash in on a popular book. It's a pamphlet, not a workbook -- literally less than 20 pages of substantive, often inaccurate text, written at a 3rd-grade level in huge typeface by someone with a shaky command of the English language, padded out with a handful of superficial, obvious and un-useful questions and lots of blank pages. Example "bonus quiz question" from the workbook: "True or False - Johann Hari was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Shortly after he moved to Paris with his parents." This is an .actual. question from the workbook. By the way, the answer from the answer key is "False!" because Hari moved to London, not Paris. I wish I was making this up. This is a shameless ripoff and the fact that the author allowed his name to be used in connection with it destroys any respect I formerly had for his work.

The "author" is obviously capitalizing on Johann Hari's amazing book "Lost Connections". "Workbook" means actual work. This is a pamphlet with large letters and big spacing thrown together to prey on people looking for help. It's a joke that the note in the front says it's an "analytical review." AND it's more expensive than the hardcover of "Lost Connections" which has actual information!!! Go buy the real book and "Mind Over Mood" for an actual workbook. I will never buy anything from Max "Help" "Books" again and am returning this ASAP. The publisher and author should feel ashamed putting their name on this garbage. I could write more words in this review than the $13.92 I paid, but I won't waste anymore time. Better angry than depressed I suppose.

Three stars

I am so sorry I bought this and will be returning it. The grammar is awful, the content is abysmal, and it is of no help. Amazon should not be selling this. Boo.

I was expecting a workbook for clients, but this isn't. Many typographic errors, few pages, and just a review of information from the original book...kind of like a pop-quiz, but nothing to guide readers thru coping with depression/anxiety. Waste of money!

I was in a hurry and didn't check the reviews before ordering this. It's unusable. If Amazon doesn't take it back, I'll use it for for kindling or to line a bird cage.

As others have said. This is a total scam. The author clearly barely knows English.

Johann Hari's concepts and materials were so watered down in this workbook. It did very little to acknowledge the depth of Hari's work. Read "Lost Connections" and ignore the workbook.

Having read the original book by Johann Hari I expected this workbook to bring some additional thoughts on how to implement some of Hari's suggestions. Some well thought out practical suggestions.That is not what you get in this work book. What you get is a very short summary of each of Hari's main causal themes and then a formulaic set of questions to answer.Write down a situation.Write down what I received.Write down what I felt.Write down what I thought.Write down what I did.Some slight variation on these questions for each of Hari's cases.I am really disappointed by this workbook. The grammar, language and spelling in the workbook leave a lot to be desired.Don't waste your money.