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This book was selected as the September 2013 read for my local book club. It's a fascinating look at the human mind, with various case studies that show the different types of malfunctions the author, Oliver Sacks, has seen or researched.
I'd seen the movie Awakenings years ago, but I hadn't read any books by the author before. I thought the case studies were compelling, although the discussion sometimes went above my comprehension levels. If I learned anything, it was that Neurology is not a si ...more
I'd seen the movie Awakenings years ago, but I hadn't read any books by the author before. I thought the case studies were compelling, although the discussion sometimes went above my comprehension levels. If I learned anything, it was that Neurology is not a si ...more
This book was a struggle for me. I found the case studies interesting, but ultimately, I could never really get into it. I only read about 2/3s of the book before I had to quit. I found the medical jargon and science in the book to be over my head, and I didn't feel like it was written for laypeople. Sacks seemed to assume that his readers knew a lot of the subject matter and didn't need explanations, but I did.
I also didn't like that some of his stories seemed to end abruptly. He tells us about ...more
I also didn't like that some of his stories seemed to end abruptly. He tells us about ...more
Clinically precise, fascinating yet somehow depressing. The thought of these people living their lives with these "deficits" makes for some hard thinking.
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It was ok if a little hard going through some of the medical like text.
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