4.55k reviews for:

Hidden Valley Road

Robert Kolker

4.16 AVERAGE

a_beautiful_soup's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

anna_scht7's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative medium-paced

klien19's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative sad medium-paced

plantfriend's review against another edition

5.0

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Really incredible book and read similarly to Educated. This is exactly the kind of book that I think works incredibly as an audiobook

lexieraeow's review against another edition

5.0

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Perfect. So important. I could not put it down.

debird's review against another edition

3.0

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Not bad,but could have been shorter. I am familiar with much of the history of treatment for serious mental illness, which otherwise would have interested me more.

heyitskay6's review against another edition

3.75

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

prolifictrek's review against another edition

3.5

informative reflective slow-paced

alexawkelly's review against another edition

3.0

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Equal parts fascinating and heartbreaking—not unlike the disease of schizophrenia itself. It's clear, even before the author's note explains how the information in this book was obtained (countless hours and many years of research, including interviews with every member of the Galvin family) that this is a marvel of research that somehow manages to equally and compellingly balance the story of a decades-long quest to understand schizophrenia with the story of a family under siege from within. The audiobook was an excellent listen, too!

bookish_scientist's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced