This was recommended to me years go, so I'm glad I finally picked it up. It was a wild ride and definitely created some new fears for me. Cahalan is a solid writer (I mean she's a journalist by profession, so that's probably expected), but her ability to reflect on this time period is impressive. Her use of different sources to piece together what happened made for a really impactful book. It was hard to read this knowing that this was a true story. I really appreciated the ending where Cahalan discussed other people with the same condition and how fortunate she had been to have the resources and access to medical care that she did.