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Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut
2 reviews
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.
Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
butlerebecca's review against another edition
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
2.75
Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Car accident and Suicide
Minor: Death of parent
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