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A review by cassidybone
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
emotional
informative
fast-paced
2.5
I feel terrible rating this so low. The feat of this book being written and published is an absolutely incredible achievement and I would never deny that. It was dictated by Jean-Dominique Bauby through the blinking of an eye and the thought and care of the writing was so abundantly evident.
That said, I just really didn’t love Bauby. I was highly impressed by him and I was intrigued by his story, but the memoir just felt so pretentious and sort of stuffy. I never questioned the validity of the book and his life and his incredible ability to dictate so many words, I just didn’t ever get to the point where I was loving the story he tells.
That said, I just really didn’t love Bauby. I was highly impressed by him and I was intrigued by his story, but the memoir just felt so pretentious and sort of stuffy. I never questioned the validity of the book and his life and his incredible ability to dictate so many words, I just didn’t ever get to the point where I was loving the story he tells.