I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine by Daniel J. Levitin

3.91 AVERAGE

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mardob95's review

5.0
This was FASCINATING. As someone who knows very little about the brain or treatments for brain diseases (though I work with the same technology as the author's wife, which was cool), I learned a ton in this book. Yes, it probably could have been trimmed a bit, but I really loved covering everything and ending with how music is arranged in other cultures.

brynpemery's review against another edition

4.5
hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

alnauman12's review against another edition

4.75
funny informative inspiring relaxing slow-paced
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transplanted_spud's review against another edition

3.5
informative slow-paced
A pretty good book - far-ranging and possibly in need of a bit of editing, but some good insights. Nothing revolutionary or novel, really. I feel like Levitin’s written this same book several times now. He did manage to keep the worst of his self-aggrandizing tendencies in check and I enjoyed his reading of his own text. I’m very happy I chose to listen to this text instead of physically reading it. Even in audiobook, parts of it were a bit sloggy. 

jeff_thevegan's review

4.5
informative medium-paced

smithy361's review

3.5
informative medium-paced
It was a fun deep dive into the neuroscience of music therapy. 

bailey_philip's review against another edition

4.0
informative inspiring medium-paced

shuisman's review

3.5
informative inspiring slow-paced

ivanvanderpool's review

5.0
challenging informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

pat_walsh_19's review

5.0
challenging informative inspiring medium-paced