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Started strong but felt underwhelming at the end. I had to keep remembering to put this book into the context of its time (2007), which is a lot longer ago than it feels like. This read a lot more like autobiography than memoir, and felt kind of dry and repetitive after a while. Some illuminating portions for sure, but then other parts read like an academic CV or a cover letter which I found deeply uninteresting and unnecessary. Overall could have been half as long and gotten the same points across.

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4.0

3.5

sydeeye's review against another edition

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hopeful informative slow-paced

3.75

yoyita7's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

An eye-opening look into what it’s like to live with schizophrenia. Highly recommend!

TW: Mental illness (episodes, diagnosis, treatment, etc.), institutionalization, homicide/suicide (references)

Rep: Jewish, FMC with schizophrenia

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5.0

This completely changed my understanding of what it's like to live with schizophrenia. This book is amazing.

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