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kleonard's review against another edition
1.0
A grumpy, sexist, and elitist jerk offers a pretentious book full of himself.
cathyatratedreads's review against another edition
4.0
I'd give this a 3.5 stars.
I still have Marsh's first book, Do No Harm, on my to-read list, but I had the opportunity to read this book first, thanks to getting an ARC from NetGalley. I think now I’ll push that one up closer to the top of my read-next list and see what else Marsh has to say about his work over the years. I enjoyed this book, though it did wander a bit, so I imagine the other will be just as interesting or more so, with it probably focused more on the brain surgery he did for so many years. Marsh has some interesting insights on life, death/dying and medical practice, and his take on the British National Health Service is valuable as those of us who live in the U.S. still debate how best to provide health care to our citizens.
*I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Read my full review, including a rating for content, at RatedReads.com: https://ratedreads.com/admissions-life-brain-surgeon-nonfiction-book-review/
I still have Marsh's first book, Do No Harm, on my to-read list, but I had the opportunity to read this book first, thanks to getting an ARC from NetGalley. I think now I’ll push that one up closer to the top of my read-next list and see what else Marsh has to say about his work over the years. I enjoyed this book, though it did wander a bit, so I imagine the other will be just as interesting or more so, with it probably focused more on the brain surgery he did for so many years. Marsh has some interesting insights on life, death/dying and medical practice, and his take on the British National Health Service is valuable as those of us who live in the U.S. still debate how best to provide health care to our citizens.
*I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Read my full review, including a rating for content, at RatedReads.com: https://ratedreads.com/admissions-life-brain-surgeon-nonfiction-book-review/
jannythelibrarian's review against another edition
audiobook 8hr (288 pages), memoir, more stories of his neurosurgeon life as he moves into retirement. not as enjouable as Do No Harm bc more about his nonsurgical life
molekkasa's review against another edition
3.0
A 2.5 stars for me. I find the writing jumps all over the place at times which cuts my attention away, not sure where the author is going.
However it is a nice lil insight to neurosurgeon. At one point it makes me feel that doing things medically to the brain is just about removing/scraping a tumour that's not supposed to be there, just like removing dust on the table. But on the other, it's such a fragile matter that one small wrong move can potentially damage the whole human body.
It's an okay book.
However it is a nice lil insight to neurosurgeon. At one point it makes me feel that doing things medically to the brain is just about removing/scraping a tumour that's not supposed to be there, just like removing dust on the table. But on the other, it's such a fragile matter that one small wrong move can potentially damage the whole human body.
It's an okay book.
colorfulleo92's review against another edition
4.0
I have not yet previously read any of Henry Marsh's books, but after really enjoying this I might look them up. This was an very compelling, informative and easy book to get invested in.
athouse's review against another edition
4.0
Much more introspective than his first book. A bit maudlin at times but I still enjoyed it. Some nice insight into the grace of dying and not doing too much.
mkhunterz's review against another edition
1.0
I was interested in the premise of a memoir about life in neurosurgery. I was entirely disappointed to find that this book was instead a random and confused series of meandering anecdotes, only some of which had anything to do with medicine. On top of that, the author reveals himself to be a narcissistic, egotistical racist with an anger problem. The racism is subtle but present throughout the entire book, as he reminisces about his time in Nepal and how much smarter and more privileged he was than his colleagues or patients there. Do yourself a favor and find a different medical memoir and don’t waste your time reading it like I did.