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megs1111's review against another edition
4.0
Great book based on Mark Vonnegut's spiral into mental illness. A good part of the book is written about the time he spent in a cooperative living situation (commune)....pretty interesting times.
agob187's review against another edition
5.0
WOW. One of the BEST books I've read in a while. First of all- I live pretty close to where his farm was, so I was immediately into it. Secondly, holy shit. The moments where he goes 'crazy' are just so intense, and dark,and vivid. I was so deeply locked into this book, if my phone rang or there was a knock at the door I'd literally jump out of my seat because I was so lost in the book. I highly recommend it if you ( whoever you are) are looking for something extraordinary. Really neat afterword on how our knowledge of mental illeness changes so drastically in such a short period of time. 'Aint it the truth.
lrwc2000's review against another edition
5.0
I have been “reading” this book for 4 years. This is mostly because the first part is whiny, slow, and a boring rendition of a wannabe Beatnik and hippy. The core of this book is a great and I think the end of the 3rd part should’ve been the end of the book. Chapter 4 is needed, but not for me as the audience.
iancarpenter's review against another edition
1.0
Abandoned. The writing's good but I found this meandering and unfocused.
petrichorandcoffee's review against another edition
4.0
I absolutely would have given this book five stars were it not for issues in editing. Ironically, I found the only irritating errors to be in the sections of the book written about Vonnegut's sane times. I feel badly only giving four stars because I think it is entirely worth reading, but I just couldn't give a book five stars with multiple obvious typos. Please do read it. You'll be glad you did.
horfhorfhorf's review against another edition
3.0
Never thought I'd see the day when someone could write their way in and out of schizophrenic breaks in a way that makes sense, despite not making much logical sense at all.
josh_paul's review against another edition
5.0
Great book about going crazy in the 1960s and getting over it.