A review by sgoodma
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

5.0

I did really like it! Felt like a long version of an episode of House. I thought the end got a little repetitive, it was like she was giving me a clip show of the book I just read without like any real point to it. I think she was reiterating part of her illness with new clarity about what the symptoms were and what was happening, but she already named the symptoms and explained them earlier in the book. So I feel like she should’ve just left out more information in the beginning if she was gonna re-explain later. My only critique!! I think she’s a wonderful writer and I’m glad she could make something out of such a challenging time. I’m glad she touched on the community surrounding the illness since it feels like one of the main reasons she wrote the book was to raise awareness so that more people get diagnosed. I cried a little at the girl getting diagnosed and then figure skating a year late.