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fkshg8465's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
slow-paced
5.0
A sad examination of a highly flawed man with a brilliant mind and a difficult life due to his illness (at least I think it’s fair to say a lot of it was due to illness). I remember watching the movie many years ago and being moved. The book filled in a lot of gaps in details for me. Story was well told. And it gave me insight into schizophrenia in a way I had not previously understood.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and War
yaelm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
מעצבן לאללה, עצוב להחריד, מעולה להפליא (ושונה לחלוטין מהטון הקיטשי של הסרט, תודה לאלוהי האתאיסטים)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
anastasiamakes's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
I'm not a big nonfiction reader, and have no particular interest in maths, so I'm not quite sure what possessed me to pick this up but I'm glad I did! Not only is the life of Nash fascinating, but this book served almost like a history of maths and economics in the 50/60s, all of which was completely new to me and interesting. Did I get as much out of it as some would? No. But at least in audiobook format I was able to mainly follow along, and it gave me some stuff to think about for which i am grateful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization
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