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Brein in brand: Hoe mijn lichaam mijn hersenen aanviel by Willem van Paassen, Susannah Cahalan

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faefires's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

3.75

drags at the end, but mostly engaging and informative.

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alphacenterin's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.0

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emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

An incredibly unique book due to its combination of informative teaching and very immersive moments of true emotion. The book begins with Susannah introducing herself which allows you to create an attachment for when she goes through her “month of madness” where you can actually feel her emotions. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a nonfiction book that feels like fiction. Her writing technique is truly stunning and pushed me to finish this in 4 days (shamelessly)

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emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Susannah Cahalan offers some gripping and insightful health autojournalism here. This was one of the better patient narratives of a mysterious and sudden-onset condition that I can remember reading (still with some pitfalls of the genre, especially around discussing cognitive and behavioral symptoms within somewhat traditional, saneist paradigms). But overall it felt really careful, tightly written, and emotionally reflective. I ended up giving my copy to a premed friend to read next.

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