A review by ajlewis2
The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist

I read it and it was horrendously difficult for me. There was a ton of information, much that seemed repetitive to me. The findings on the real differences between hemispheres and the importance of both resonated with my own experience of knowing/not-knowing and having that feel right to me. There was a lot of philosophy, art, literature, poetry splashed through the book that was unfamiliar to me and left me foundering trying to understand what was being said. This was especially true when it was in a foreign (to me) language. I can't recommend this book or even rate it. I promised myself I'd read it, so I did with a bit of skimming in the last two chapters. I don't think the book was written for the likes of me.