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A review by algae429
Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety by Daniel B. Smith
2.0
I'd heard this book talked about on NPR and thought that it sounded funny and could be a glimpse into the world of anxiety I was beginning to think I had issues with. I was expecting a more holistic look at living with anxiety and how people deal with.
Instead, this book is a self-absorbant look at one man's anxiety. Much of the first half of the book deals with the loss of his virginity and the second half kind of speeds through everything else in his life. He doesn't expand on his ideas.
It's not that this is a bad book; it's pretty well written, if wordy and wandering, and you really feel sorry for the dude at several times. It's just that it's so about him that you feel there's no room for anyone else.
Instead, this book is a self-absorbant look at one man's anxiety. Much of the first half of the book deals with the loss of his virginity and the second half kind of speeds through everything else in his life. He doesn't expand on his ideas.
It's not that this is a bad book; it's pretty well written, if wordy and wandering, and you really feel sorry for the dude at several times. It's just that it's so about him that you feel there's no room for anyone else.