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bookreviewswithkb's review against another edition
emotional
informative
medium-paced
3.0
in parts it was rambling and hard to follow and jumped much too quickly from topic to topic and at times i was so frustrated with the author’s lack of understanding of mental illness and at the same time i think these things were part of the point of the novel and i appreciate the author reckoning with this deeply difficult topic of the formation of our beliefs and the way we judge others that’s both personal and universal. i think the author is trying to say that we are all guilty of modifying are beliefs according to who is in front of us and that are convictions shouldn’t be unchanging when we are altered through life circumstances or given new information
a very interesting read
bound4travel's review
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This is a tough one to review. Who Gets Believed was definitely one of the most interesting and unique reads I have picked up in quite a while. Half memoir and half exploration of who gets believed in a variety of situations (from patients in the ER, to those claiming asylum, to individuals trying to get mental health services), Nayeri follows her own life experiences in being believed and believing others and peppers in stories of experts in different areas she has spoken with to get more information on how others analyze who is telling the truth. I thought the stream of consciousness style of writing and Nayeri's openness gave this book a true sense of authenticity. One portion that was hard to read was Nayeri's own impression of someone close to her with mental health struggles. She compares mental health struggles to other life situations and struggles to grasp how someone who seemingly has everything can be so tortured internally. This could be a trigger for those living life with mental illness.
chickenx1000's review against another edition
I'm having a hard time pinpointing what the topic of the book is. Is it about justice? Psychology? Immigration? The author's life? I also feel a bit guilty saying this but the author's voice was also somewhat irritating me.
cwhalen1988's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
kelciilou's review
2.0
2 star instead of 1 because I couldn't finish it because of the authors perspective on her BIL mental illness, the extra star is in case it was resolved in a slightly reflective way that highlights how fucking disgusting the authors perspective is throughout.
Also hi im a white Brit whose disabled and unemployed don't have the supportive family though nor financial privilege does that make more credible? Or still need to just fucking work and ill magically get better?
Also hi im a white Brit whose disabled and unemployed don't have the supportive family though nor financial privilege does that make more credible? Or still need to just fucking work and ill magically get better?