Reviews

How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity by La Marr Jurelle Bruce

bogs714's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

sillyhily's review against another edition

would like to come back to this with a clear mind that can really grasp the subject matter, started and it is really clearly a very important read and i want to give this clear and undivided attention and think it through in a studied fashion.

tinareads's review against another edition

wasnt ready for how dense this book is. library loan ran out and i coulsnt renew </3

greesman's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

pandemonic_astrologist's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

tait_desae's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

_camcam16's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

lyss_cypher's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

This has some fascinating insights or analyses at points, but most of the book reads like a dissertation. It's very theoretical and dense, especially since I don't have much familiarity with the books or music mentioned. I just don't think I'm at a place right now where I can give this book the attention it deserves or fall into its intended audience and that's okay.

I'm flagging Black Madness :: Mad Blackness by Theri Alyce Pickens for myself as a book that deals with a similar subject, maybe more approachably, maybe not—but potentially worth checking out before deciding whether or not to come back to this one. Kinda sad honestly, I was really anticipating this and asked my local library to buy a copy, but it feels so hefty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Racism, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

devonashby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0