![]() Liebermann goes out of his was to use this method of healing and avoids using ECT, guess what? The show has the “hysterical” woman subjected to ECT. Freud’s Theory of Psychoanalysis – the book makes a big deal about how humane and effective this treatment can be.The women – this really makes me mad, in the book the women we meet are intelligent they challenge Liebermann and also provide insights into the case in the show they are vapid, hysterical and out for marriage.The suspects – in the book they are all (largely) present from the start in the show the police have to hunt them down.The Victim – in the book everyone knew who she was and what she did in the show no-one knew.The relationship between the main characters – in the book the men are firm friends before the case and they have an easy good natured banter. ![]() The TV show: Well I never expected the BBC to do a bad adaptation but this was terrible. The book highlights how mental health was used as a weapon against women and that those wielding the power (men) often conspired to keep women in their place by making it seem they were unstable. While I had a layman’s understanding of what was involved I had always turned my nose up at Freud this book showed how it was a much more humane treatment that most available for mental health issues at the time. I really enjoyed seeing how psychoanalyst theory was applied to solve the case as well as to treat a young woman. My thoughts: I really enjoyed this murder mystery from the beginning I thought I had one aspect worked out and I was so pleased with myself until we got to the end and it turned out I was wrong. ![]() When Liebermann attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery, he also must decide whether he is to follow his father’s advice and marry the beautiful but reserved Clara. Liebermann’s good friend Oskar Rheinhardt is a Detective Inspector - hard working but lacking Liebermann’s insights and forensic eye, and so it is through Rheinhardt that Liebermann is called upon to help with police investigations surrounding the death of a beautiful young medium in what seems at first to be supernatural circumstances. Psychoanalysis is still developing and is viewed with a mixture of excitement and suspicion. The world of 1900s Vienna is one where philosophy, science and art flourish and are hotly debated in the coffee shops. In this first of a new series of psychoanalytical detective novels set in Vienna, Dr Max Liebermann is a young psychoanalyst – and disciple of Freud. Synopsis from Goodreads: In 1900s Vienna, Psychoanalyst Dr Max Liebermann is called in to help with police investigations into the murder of a young medium. I don’t normally watch TV but while my hubby channel hopped a trailer caught our eyes at the end of the trailer hubby said “have you read that then” to my horror I had not, a situation I quickly remedied in time for the first show (I have only read the first book)
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