Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

7 reviews

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Confinement, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

iamastraythought's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

Admittedly I did read this because she is suffering from the same disease that Will Graham has in Hannibal, and I wanted to read more about it. Her story is both horrific and inspiring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Dysphoria, Body shaming, Dementia, Self harm, Cancer, and Confinement

lex_y's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, and Medical content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

doctorjessie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement

alexxrose's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Medical content

Moderate: Mental illness and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol

This autobiography centres around the author's mysterious illness, however descriptions are matter of fact and all time in hospital is framed as necessary and, in the end, a positive experience.

bartlebies's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

Boy howdy the narrator for the audiobook was awful. Can we ban white people doing bad accents when there is literally no reason to do them?? christ. 

The book itself was okay, but I felt like it lacked any deeper meaning beyond “i had this rare disorder and it sucked for everyone and now i’m better” which is unfortunate since she’s a reporter/writer who you would think would be a better writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Dementia, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Child death

mxpringle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Chronic illness, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Ableism