Reviews - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

I loved the anecdotes but I sometimes found the book hard to read because of the technical terms. But the stories and conclusions that comes from them are interesting

abderiandumpling's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

arha's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful reflective medium-paced

victorianabigail's review against another edition

2.0

I didn't really care for this book and its portrayal of Sacks's patients. Some of that's simply a sign of changing times (i.e. the specific terms he uses), but it felt fairly exploitative and othering to me. There were some interesting moments, but I couldn't get past the discomfort.

professor860's review against another edition

2.5

challenging informative sad medium-paced

halida's review against another edition

3.5

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

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