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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
The reason this is three stars instead of four is its relative brevity. The shortness of the book allows Sacks to cover the seven tales--interesting stories, all of them--but not delve too deeply into any of them. That makes it perfect for someone like me, not a scientist but a brain...enthusiast.
The seven people Sacks profiles are all interesting, if not for their various brain disorders, but for how they have lived with and incorporated the disorders into their lives. There are people with disorders affecting their sight, autistics, and a surgeoun with Tourette syndrome. Sacks give a clear explanation of each and the people he's profiling add context and emotion.
The most interesting profile is the book's final profile of Temple Grandin, and it's from this profile that Sacks gets the title of his book. I knew a little bit about Grandin going into this book, and Sacks's profile of her is so interesting that I will definitely read her autobiography.
The seven people Sacks profiles are all interesting, if not for their various brain disorders, but for how they have lived with and incorporated the disorders into their lives. There are people with disorders affecting their sight, autistics, and a surgeoun with Tourette syndrome. Sacks give a clear explanation of each and the people he's profiling add context and emotion.
The most interesting profile is the book's final profile of Temple Grandin, and it's from this profile that Sacks gets the title of his book. I knew a little bit about Grandin going into this book, and Sacks's profile of her is so interesting that I will definitely read her autobiography.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and was going to give it five stars until I got to the last chapter and felt a bit bored. Even though this was a non fiction book about the complexities of the minds, I didn’t feel like I was reading a textbook as the author writes about the people he observed in a vivid manner and with great importance. I kept finding myself explaining the lives of the people in this book to anybody who would listen to me and I know for a fact that they will remain with me for a very long time.
medium-paced
challenging
informative
slow-paced
informative
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2016 is turning into the year of unfinished books. The writing is thoughtful and descriptive, but I just couldn't get into it. I didn't care about the patients.
Oliver Sacks is just incredible. Once again, he tells stories of his patients in such a beautiful, personal way and I can't fault it. I particularly liked that this book only had seven tales, so each person was afforded the time for a more in-depth telling of their life.
The story of the colourblind painter led to literal days of pondering perception and how we construct reality and I just find it all so interesting, so will be reading another one soon :)
The story of the colourblind painter led to literal days of pondering perception and how we construct reality and I just find it all so interesting, so will be reading another one soon :)
informative
inspiring
slow-paced