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Wow! What a story! Susannah's story about her illness is captivating and intense. She's very honest about her experience even when it's not a pretty picture and even hard to hear. Her family's love and support was also moving.
3.5 realistically. Overall I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I thought the pacing and overall exploration of experience was well done. I just don’t know that it meets the criteria of some of the 4 and 5 star books I’ve read. Still would recommend it to others!
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Susannah Cahalan’s terrifying medical scare is a reminder of how we truly know so little about the human body and medicine is at its core a practice. If you’re looking for an interesting medical drama type of memoir, this one definitely kept me on the edge of my seat and had me rooting for Susannah.
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Fascinating firsthand perspective on Anti-NMDAR encephalitis, seizures and the healthcare system. I can’t believe it took me this long to finally read this one.
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I could not put this book down. This true story was absolutely fascinating and partially scary, mainly because of the fact that it's a true story.
[a:Susannah Cahalan|5778057|Susannah Cahalan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1353287968p2/5778057.jpg] woke up one day in a hospital room, strapped to her bed, with no memory of how she got there. Cahalan has been a journalist at the New York Post and was during the time of this story. One day she was a put-together, successful journalist with a great career and relationship and the next she was labeled "flight risk." Cahalan tells the story of her medical mystery and her journey through this "month of madness."
This book was 100% one of my favorite books of all time and I will definitely be reading it again. I cannot recommend this book enough.
[a:Susannah Cahalan|5778057|Susannah Cahalan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1353287968p2/5778057.jpg] woke up one day in a hospital room, strapped to her bed, with no memory of how she got there. Cahalan has been a journalist at the New York Post and was during the time of this story. One day she was a put-together, successful journalist with a great career and relationship and the next she was labeled "flight risk." Cahalan tells the story of her medical mystery and her journey through this "month of madness."
This book was 100% one of my favorite books of all time and I will definitely be reading it again. I cannot recommend this book enough.
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Very well written. The book is very informal too. It was my second ever audiobook and it was enjoyable! I think I would have liked to read a physical copy of this book more than listen to it but this story and author are so interesting and important that I’m glad I got to mark it as read from my TBR.
Wow, I could not put this book down. It's incredibly gripping and terrifying. The movie is excellent as well, but of course the book is definitely better. I highly recommend picking it up!
