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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
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Fascinating story of a reporter who finds herself in the middle of a mental illness which was in fact not a mental illness but rather an auto immune disease. The story is very fascinating, though told very slowly. At times the story seems to drag on and even though it only covers one month, it is so dull that it seems like it covers half of her life. So it's a little long and dull.
I wanted to connect with the writer but the way the story is "told" makes connecting very difficult. It was difficult to connect with any of them except perhaps the father. For some reason she does a better job of describing him than she does of herself or her mother. In fact, I disliked the mother very much. I found myself reading to finish rather than meeting to enjoy
Fascinating story of a reporter who finds herself in the middle of a mental illness which was in fact not a mental illness but rather an auto immune disease. The story is very fascinating, though told very slowly. At times the story seems to drag on and even though it only covers one month, it is so dull that it seems like it covers half of her life. So it's a little long and dull.
I wanted to connect with the writer but the way the story is "told" makes connecting very difficult. It was difficult to connect with any of them except perhaps the father. For some reason she does a better job of describing him than she does of herself or her mother. In fact, I disliked the mother very much. I found myself reading to finish rather than meeting to enjoy
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
I personally LOVED this memoir! As a medical student, I feel like every medical student should read this after finishing M1! It was so cool to apply all I learned into this book, so I found this even more enjoyable than several years ago. She did a very good job simplifying complex medical and psychiatric information!
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
I heard some good things about this book when it came out, but I knew I would never get around to reading it myself -- so I listened to the audio version from Audible. The narrator is very good, and the story is fascinating/scary/amazing, but it is (at times) so intense I could only get through small bits at a time. Cahalan is able to tell her story in a compelling and fairly unbiased way, combining details from medical reports, personal diaries, and endless hours of interviews. After initially being "diagnosed" as a stressed-out, depressed alcoholic (which everyone knew she was not), Cahalan's disease continued to ravage her brain and her body, landing her in psych wards and hospital wings for epileptics, until one neurologist finally began to put the pieces of her puzzle together.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced