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A review by bonylegged
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut
4.0
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So is certainly not a perfect book. The premise is different from what is actually delivered and the writing style is jumpy. However, I liked all that. I felt like the jumpy writing style was either an intentional choice, echoing the thought process in psychotic and manic episodes, or something that was a result of those episodes and had just become second nature to Vonnegut (I am probably wrong). Either way, it felt like a great way to gain insight into such a thought process (and was a very familiar one for me as I have ADHD).
I felt like JLSWMIOMS wasn't as much about his mental illness as I expected. There was of course a great deal devoted to it, all well written, but the medical career he embarked on seemed to shine. That's where he really grabbed me. I am not the biggest fan of doctors especially due to the way capitalism and medicine hold hands nowadays but Vonnegut seems like a very aware and empathetic man.
He wasn't a doctor because he wanted to be great or notable or make money.. He was an astute guy who dealt with kids who had nothing wrong with them most of time and had suffered the embarrassment of being institutionalized in his own workplace. I liked that.
I grew up with a nurse for a mother and so all the observations about over worried parents or under worried parents and all the unnecessary tests were quite familiar.
His observations on medicine are what grabbed me and really held me on through this book. It was a humble and simple ride that offered much in only 200 pages. 3.5/5 stars.
I felt like JLSWMIOMS wasn't as much about his mental illness as I expected. There was of course a great deal devoted to it, all well written, but the medical career he embarked on seemed to shine. That's where he really grabbed me. I am not the biggest fan of doctors especially due to the way capitalism and medicine hold hands nowadays but Vonnegut seems like a very aware and empathetic man.
He wasn't a doctor because he wanted to be great or notable or make money.. He was an astute guy who dealt with kids who had nothing wrong with them most of time and had suffered the embarrassment of being institutionalized in his own workplace. I liked that.
I grew up with a nurse for a mother and so all the observations about over worried parents or under worried parents and all the unnecessary tests were quite familiar.
His observations on medicine are what grabbed me and really held me on through this book. It was a humble and simple ride that offered much in only 200 pages. 3.5/5 stars.