A review by wendoxford
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon by Henry Marsh

3.0

I enjoyed reading this rather meandering memoir. Less patients than his previous book and more personal insights & recollections. However, I found the chopping and changing of focus quite irritating. I could see the reasons for constructing the book this way but instead of providing an insight into the layers of experience that makeup a neurosurgeon it read (for me) as a rather self-satisfied thumb biting at those who had tried to "contain" him.

Found the healthcare systems Marsh describes in Nepal and Ukraine fascinating but would have preferred to read these as, maybe longer, self-contained accounts, with more of the patient stories, rather than flashing episodes.