A review by kaelynmerrithew
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

3.0

Brain On Fire started off really interesting but then it kind of fell flat for me. I think it's because the medical jargon was totally lost on me, and once Susannah was in the hospital it all kind of felt rushed. I did enjoy learning a bit more about anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and this book also caused me to look into my own health a bit more which I think was one of Susannah's intentions when writing it. Overall I just found the material a bit dry and I expected it to be more of a personal memoir with less medical talk, but that's also my own fault for not looking into this one before reading.