A review by mkhunterz
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon by Henry Marsh

1.0

I was interested in the premise of a memoir about life in neurosurgery. I was entirely disappointed to find that this book was instead a random and confused series of meandering anecdotes, only some of which had anything to do with medicine. On top of that, the author reveals himself to be a narcissistic, egotistical racist with an anger problem. The racism is subtle but present throughout the entire book, as he reminisces about his time in Nepal and how much smarter and more privileged he was than his colleagues or patients there. Do yourself a favor and find a different medical memoir and don’t waste your time reading it like I did.