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A review by benmsmith
The Night the Lights Went Out: A Memoir of Life After Brain Damage by Drew Magary
4.0
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this in exchange for a review.
I'm a fan of Drew Magary's writing for Defector and Deadspin, and his other books, even though his tone tends to not always be my thing. I was aware of the TBI he suffered a few years ago, and was interested to read what the process of coming back from that was like in his own words, and this did not disappoint. This does a great job of combining oral history retelling of what he knows happened in the words of friends that witnessed it, then goes through the slow process of how he got back to becoming the person he is now. There's a lot of heart in this, and a few good chuckles too.
I'm a fan of Drew Magary's writing for Defector and Deadspin, and his other books, even though his tone tends to not always be my thing. I was aware of the TBI he suffered a few years ago, and was interested to read what the process of coming back from that was like in his own words, and this did not disappoint. This does a great job of combining oral history retelling of what he knows happened in the words of friends that witnessed it, then goes through the slow process of how he got back to becoming the person he is now. There's a lot of heart in this, and a few good chuckles too.