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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
I loved the audiobook and that she narrated it herself. Very interesting story about her struggle with a rare disease.
challenging
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
Better to read visually due to added graphics (rather than audio).
For those also living with inexplicable or confounding health symptoms that seem neurological in nature, but difficult to diagnose, Brain on Fire will both resonate and deeply unsettle.
In those infrequent moments when you let yourself reflect on death (or crippling illness), to truly feel its full force, you realize how suddenly your health can completely destabilize, be it due to a brain injury, "long COVID," an infection, or cancer. You cherish days when you don't have to wrestle through Sisyphean health burdens.
Depending on your current health situation, Cahalan's book will either offer comfort or trigger you (especially if your current psychological state is precarious due to the onset of unexplained symptoms). So I don't recommend it to everyone.
Still, it's quite a feat for a memoirist to pen. If you or a loved one is struggling through a similar sounding onslaught of misdiagnoses or stumped medical professionals, perhaps Brain on Fire will offer insight and direction. And a bit of hope in the midst of a dark medical saga.
In those infrequent moments when you let yourself reflect on death (or crippling illness), to truly feel its full force, you realize how suddenly your health can completely destabilize, be it due to a brain injury, "long COVID," an infection, or cancer. You cherish days when you don't have to wrestle through Sisyphean health burdens.
Depending on your current health situation, Cahalan's book will either offer comfort or trigger you (especially if your current psychological state is precarious due to the onset of unexplained symptoms). So I don't recommend it to everyone.
Still, it's quite a feat for a memoirist to pen. If you or a loved one is struggling through a similar sounding onslaught of misdiagnoses or stumped medical professionals, perhaps Brain on Fire will offer insight and direction. And a bit of hope in the midst of a dark medical saga.
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
This book hooked me right in the beginning and some points it dragged a little bit but then it would pick up again.
It is crazy how your body can totally take over your body and give you all of these crazy symptoms! I can't even imagine feeling like I was going crazy and no one knowing what was going on.
I already book talked this and a student checked it out.
It is crazy how your body can totally take over your body and give you all of these crazy symptoms! I can't even imagine feeling like I was going crazy and no one knowing what was going on.
I already book talked this and a student checked it out.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Really interesting and informative
Fascinating and at the same time frightening to think of happening.