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A review by spamrisk
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
4.0
Yo, do you guys like Sacks? This is some more Sacks.
I kind of feel like a jerk with that previous statement, but Sacks is back. He offers an illustrious selection of stories regarding hallucinations, from the commonly experienced Charles Bonnet Syndrome to some of the rarer forms of dissociation with phantom limbs. And to be real with you for a minute, they're fascinating. He cites primary sources, recounts some of his personal anecdotes, and regales you with scientific facts that should be understandable to the average reader.
If you're fascinated by the capabilities of the human mind, you'll love reading Hallucinations. You'll probably learn something you didn't know (preeminent of which, hallucinations, whether visual, olfactory, or tactile, are more commonplace than you previously thought). Sacks' content is supremely interesting, but the 5th star doesn't appear because of my personal feelings for that dry, British writing style.
I kind of feel like a jerk with that previous statement, but Sacks is back. He offers an illustrious selection of stories regarding hallucinations, from the commonly experienced Charles Bonnet Syndrome to some of the rarer forms of dissociation with phantom limbs. And to be real with you for a minute, they're fascinating. He cites primary sources, recounts some of his personal anecdotes, and regales you with scientific facts that should be understandable to the average reader.
If you're fascinated by the capabilities of the human mind, you'll love reading Hallucinations. You'll probably learn something you didn't know (preeminent of which, hallucinations, whether visual, olfactory, or tactile, are more commonplace than you previously thought). Sacks' content is supremely interesting, but the 5th star doesn't appear because of my personal feelings for that dry, British writing style.