Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

7 reviews

heoleen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

Intens en bedroevend, maar ook zeer inspirerend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, and Injury/Injury detail

alexxrose's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Medical content

Moderate: Mental illness and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol

This autobiography centres around the author's mysterious illness, however descriptions are matter of fact and all time in hospital is framed as necessary and, in the end, a positive experience.

bartlebies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

Boy howdy the narrator for the audiobook was awful. Can we ban white people doing bad accents when there is literally no reason to do them?? christ. 

The book itself was okay, but I felt like it lacked any deeper meaning beyond “i had this rare disorder and it sucked for everyone and now i’m better” which is unfortunate since she’s a reporter/writer who you would think would be a better writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Dementia, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Child death

ahopper7's review

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

This book made me want to scream and cry at the same time, it’s insane to think people have to go through this everyday, but as a black women from America I know all too well have medical professionals treat patients. Very inspiring book overall, and the author does such a good job of detailing her personal story and explaining the medical information around it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Very informative and interesting. Kept me on my toes

lizzie24601's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

indyemmajones's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Excrement, and Vomit