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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
funny
hopeful
informative
sad
fast-paced
dark
reflective
sad
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Great outline for a book.
It's weird that a full published book can only serve as an outline. But while there are some hints and touches of comparison and good insights, I felt always more expansion than I received. There were a couple times that I was surprised when a chapter ended, thinking there was more to a story being told, then ends and not brought up again.
I think what this book lacks is cohesion. Yes there are good ideas in here that all tie together but loosely except the mother's support surviving bipolar. But the grand overarching family history of mental illness and father issues as well as the criminal justice system never seemed to dive any deeper than "damn these other challenges exist in my life and others, crazy."
I hope a revisited and longer version of this memoir is written with a more general cohesion.
It's weird that a full published book can only serve as an outline. But while there are some hints and touches of comparison and good insights, I felt always more expansion than I received. There were a couple times that I was surprised when a chapter ended, thinking there was more to a story being told, then ends and not brought up again.
I think what this book lacks is cohesion. Yes there are good ideas in here that all tie together but loosely except the mother's support surviving bipolar. But the grand overarching family history of mental illness and father issues as well as the criminal justice system never seemed to dive any deeper than "damn these other challenges exist in my life and others, crazy."
I hope a revisited and longer version of this memoir is written with a more general cohesion.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Vividly written descriptions of his experience of bipolar illness in this book by a twenty something NYC Public Defender. Also, nice portrayal of his relationship with his mother (the Bird), whose emotional strength is exemplary as she helps him recover from manic episodes and find treatment. He is an aspiring stand up comic, and I found much of the book seemed like material for his stand up act (lots about his family and their foibles);
more so than I needed. This might be a better read for a young male in similar shoes than it was for me.
more so than I needed. This might be a better read for a young male in similar shoes than it was for me.
I listened to the audiobook version and the narrator did such an awesome job with the different voices and accents for all the characters who each bring special moments in Zac’s journey. Amazing read that I didn’t want to stop for a minute.
Zac McDermott is a public defender that looses touch with reality by thinking he is being filmed for a tv show to show off his up and coming comedian career. After spending some time in the mental institution and being diagnosed as Bipolar his mother takes him back home to Kansas to recover for a bit. Bird herself has gone through her own struggles and is such a giving incredible person. Zac returns back to his life to recover for a short time before having another psychosis break and another trip to the mental hospital. Unfortunately, Zac will experience continue to experience these hardships but has his loving mother always there to help him through.
Zac McDermott is a public defender that looses touch with reality by thinking he is being filmed for a tv show to show off his up and coming comedian career. After spending some time in the mental institution and being diagnosed as Bipolar his mother takes him back home to Kansas to recover for a bit. Bird herself has gone through her own struggles and is such a giving incredible person. Zac returns back to his life to recover for a short time before having another psychosis break and another trip to the mental hospital. Unfortunately, Zac will experience continue to experience these hardships but has his loving mother always there to help him through.