Reviews - All That Moves Us: Life Lessons from a Pediatric Neurosurgeon

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All That Moves Us: Life Lessons from a Pediatric Neurosurgeon

I found this book very moving and Dr Wellons very humbling. I chose the audio and loved to hear him narrate these stories personally. Not being a doctor myself, I can only imagine how hard it is to balance that fine line of knowing you hold the lives of others in your hands AND humility. Dr Wellons appears to walk that line exceptionally well. His shared stories are of remarkable feats of talent deployed (by many) and his ability to provide the view from his patients and their families was quite insightful. I won't ruin it by sharing any of the stories but let's just say that family reactions can run from the utmost of gratefulness to those who feel that doctors really are superhuman and that if a patient dies, the doctor is assumed guilty and they and the world needs to pay for their loss. I also found his medical descriptions in the book very interesting!

kwbradley's review

4.0

reflective medium-paced

kathnash's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

I enjoyed the stories, but I didn’t like the writing style.

netsirk35's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring reflective

careycarpenter's review

4.0

I listened to this author read his audiobook memoir and found that the essays and stories were very interesting, though his tone is monotonous and calm and was great for making me sleepy. I love that there are wonderful doctors in the world like this and I really liked the father-son narrative. The book is really more of a collection of essays reflecting on his work and doesn’t have much narrative arc. He does a good job in most places making this relatable for non-medically trained people but sometimes he strings together a bunch of medical terms in one sentence that makes it hard to follow. Overall I really enjoyed this book and reading the doctors perspective. Clearly he is just a lovely, brilliant human being that uses his gifts to make the world a better place and that’s always worth listening to.