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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
3.5 stars
It was an interesting read and definitely one I could kind of relate to (I too have had to deal with doctors being unable to diagnose me for months only to have it be revealed to be some rare autoimmune disease). I kinda zoned out during the science talk.
It was an interesting read and definitely one I could kind of relate to (I too have had to deal with doctors being unable to diagnose me for months only to have it be revealed to be some rare autoimmune disease). I kinda zoned out during the science talk.
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Super interesting story about a girl who fights to find a diagnosing for her mysterious illness.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I couldn’t get past page 30. Nothing to do with the writer or the writing. I just didn’t like the feelings this book gave me, and I don’t want to spend my time reading about the decline of someone’s life.
I did really like it! Felt like a long version of an episode of House. I thought the end got a little repetitive, it was like she was giving me a clip show of the book I just read without like any real point to it. I think she was reiterating part of her illness with new clarity about what the symptoms were and what was happening, but she already named the symptoms and explained them earlier in the book. So I feel like she should’ve just left out more information in the beginning if she was gonna re-explain later. My only critique!! I think she’s a wonderful writer and I’m glad she could make something out of such a challenging time. I’m glad she touched on the community surrounding the illness since it feels like one of the main reasons she wrote the book was to raise awareness so that more people get diagnosed. I cried a little at the girl getting diagnosed and then figure skating a year late.
I don't usually like memoirs, but this one was a bit of a surprise. I thought because of the title, it would concentrate on mental illness, but this was much more complicated. The first two thirds of the book reads like an episode of House; the ending more like the conclusion of a research paper. Maybe because I love House, and am a bit crazy myself at times, I enjoyed it??
If anything, I like the saying "my brain's on fire!"
If anything, I like the saying "my brain's on fire!"
emotional
informative
sad
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