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A review by grendelsdj
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut
3.0
this is a nice little book about a doctor's experience of bipolar disorder/schizphrenia. it stands on it's own as good piece of writing.
but...(i am sorry mark vonnegut, i know this sucks man) it was impossible for me to read this without being in "reading kurt vonnegut" mode. it's no surprise that the unique trick of words and paragraph like installments are present and used in exactly the same way. the poignancy is just as poignant and poetry is just as beautiful in it's practicality. there is less artistry and more description of a life, but here and there...
also, i had not read eden express before reading this. it is hard to think of kurt vonnegut as a good day/bad day person. it's hard to think of him as someone's father. it's even more jarring to think of him as someone's father who is difficult and hard and not what he wants to be. it's a good lesson, i'm glad i read it.
but...(i am sorry mark vonnegut, i know this sucks man) it was impossible for me to read this without being in "reading kurt vonnegut" mode. it's no surprise that the unique trick of words and paragraph like installments are present and used in exactly the same way. the poignancy is just as poignant and poetry is just as beautiful in it's practicality. there is less artistry and more description of a life, but here and there...
also, i had not read eden express before reading this. it is hard to think of kurt vonnegut as a good day/bad day person. it's hard to think of him as someone's father. it's even more jarring to think of him as someone's father who is difficult and hard and not what he wants to be. it's a good lesson, i'm glad i read it.