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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
I don't usually read nonfiction, but this one intrigued me. I couldn't put it down once I started. Cahalan does a great job of seamlessly filling in the gaps to present a full picture of what she experienced. Told for her perspective it is a terrifying story of dealing with undiagnosed illness. The medical information is both educational and digestible. Loved this book and am amazed at what she went through.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Usually it takes me days and days to finish audiobooks, but oh man I could not stop listening to this. The medical mystery on top of the well-written narrative really had me. It's incredible what inflammation in the brain can do to you. I heard about this book from This Podcast Will Kill You.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
I read this in four sittings. It would have been three, but I just couldn't keep my eyes open after a long shift so the last 20 pages had to wait a day. Cahalan's experience as a journalist makes for a concise, fast read with enough research to be informative but not so much that it bogs down the personal story. The book is written as part memoir, part medical mystery, with the reader not finding out Cahalan's diagnosis until fairly deep into the book. Is she mentally ill or is there a non-psychological explanation for her bizarre symptoms? To say in this review would be to give it away, of course. Suffice to say I found the book fascinating and strongly recommend it.
wowowow! this book and Cahalan’s story was captivating.
This was interesting but was lacking something for me.
Epey güzel ve size durumu hissettirebilen bir kitap. Başları su gibi aksa da, sonlara doğru yavaşlıyor. Kendini yine bulabildiğin için mutluyum susannah. ve Stephen... böyle bi insan hepimize nasip olsun. Kesinlikle okuyun.
An interesting story, and a well-enough-written book. I don't think it really needed to be a whole book long, though.
Interesting, harrowing, well written I really enjoyed listing to this book.