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Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut

1 review

polkadots_pints's review

reflective medium-paced

4.0

I expected this book to be more directly about his mental health journey. While there are definitely sections devoted to it, the majority of the book is more generally autobiographical, and much focuses on his journey to becoming a doctor. Mental illness is always an underlying theme (and fear for the author), as it is in life when you have a chronic mental illness, but it is about so much more of his life than I thought it would be. This isn't a negative thing - he's a great writer, his story is very engaging, and it's fun to get a sneak peak into the Vonnegut family from his perspective.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Suicide