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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

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hgmcghee19's review against another edition

3.0

3.5. It was good. I wanted to read over a lot of the explanations of the illness or medical procedures because it reminded me of nursing school textbooks. Story was interesting though.

purplepierogi's review against another edition

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4.0

not literary genius to be sure, but holy moly what a harrowing story. once again we see the importance of parents, partners as advocates fighting for attention and second opinions that lead to better treatment and better outcomes. the fact that her eventual diagnosis had only been identified three years before — and all the people came before that or who are currently misdiagnosed and suffering without relief, many institutionalized w schizophrenia diagnoses. just incredibly, astoundingly lucky for her and scary for everyone else!

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3.5

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3.75

Harrowing health journey, part memoir part reportage. Definitely a lot of medical info but very interesting and a reminder of how much there is left to know about the human body.