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jmdaly95's review against another edition
4.0
Book 11 of 40 for 2016
Oliver Sacks got on my radar like most people through the Robin Williams movie Awakenings he was an British American Neurologist who's work included some of the most fascinating cases. What I think made him popular though was his ability to write narrtives that a non-medical educated person would find interesting and accessible.
On the Move is his second memoir and tells of this early childhood and education to his move to the United States and his adventures in Neurology.
I enjoy the book and went through it quickly, I'm also hoping to get to Awakenings later this year.
Oliver Sacks got on my radar like most people through the Robin Williams movie Awakenings he was an British American Neurologist who's work included some of the most fascinating cases. What I think made him popular though was his ability to write narrtives that a non-medical educated person would find interesting and accessible.
On the Move is his second memoir and tells of this early childhood and education to his move to the United States and his adventures in Neurology.
I enjoy the book and went through it quickly, I'm also hoping to get to Awakenings later this year.
deschatjes's review
5.0
It's become a bit of a ritual with me to tackle long Oliver Sacks books over the summer in audio-book form to accompany myself on long walks through the Swiss mountains and along the lakes. Sacks never disappoints and it's dreadful to think that he will no longer be combining his wit, erudite ideas and renaissance approach to medicine in these accessible tomes any more.
This book touches on many familiar themes, and is loosely chronological. It also puts perspective on the role his family played in his life and career, his sexuality and his non-conformity as a doctor, neurologist and author.
One has to wonder how much a role his 35 years of celibacy and lack of domestic life played in his success and I would love to find a female equivalent in terms of thought leadership. Or are most of them mired in homemaking and children upbringing?
This book touches on many familiar themes, and is loosely chronological. It also puts perspective on the role his family played in his life and career, his sexuality and his non-conformity as a doctor, neurologist and author.
One has to wonder how much a role his 35 years of celibacy and lack of domestic life played in his success and I would love to find a female equivalent in terms of thought leadership. Or are most of them mired in homemaking and children upbringing?
violetdisposition's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
This book was incredibly informative on numerous neuroscience and psychology topics while also narrating the wildly interesting life that Oliver Sacks lived - I found myself bookmarking almost all of the other books he mentioned writing because if they are written with the same voice as this book, I can tell I will enjoy them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Racial slurs and Suicidal thoughts
artslyz's review
4.0
I had read so much Oliver Sacks that I thought I "knew" him. Then I read this and discovered I didn't know anything.
historysworstmonster's review
5.0
Well I guess I'm going to be digging back into more of Oliver Sacks' work soon. From moment one I was glued to this book about his very interesting life.
maevalence's review
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I read this after having read many of Dr. Sacks' other books. I think that this book is probably best appreciated after having read a few of his other books first.
mindthebook's review
5.0
"Oliver Sacks, still lives life to the max." diktade en vän på en av hans födelsedagar i övre medelåldern. Då hade 'Dr. Squat' (!) sedan länge slutat hänga på Muscle Beach (!) och köra mc. Däremot simmade han ibland runt hela City Island, eller steg upp mitt i natten för att kunna cykla på tomma gator i New York. Nyförälskad vid 75, efter 35 oplanerade celibatår, som föregåtts av amfetamin-Orgasmatron-upplevelser.
Ständigt tänkande. Ständigt skrivande. Att ha ett "wildly associative mind", som tar med en på "tangiential thinking"-villovägar. Att hata matlagning. Den frihetslängtande, bokälskande solitären. Humanisten. Att alltid vara on the move (från en Thom Gunn-dikt) fysiskt och själsligt, men tänka på London som "my city".
Dröjde mig kvar i sista tredjedelen eftersom jag inte ville komma till slutet på Sacks liv. Han förblir en stor förebild och inspirationskälla inom klinisk psykologi, ja, inom området Att Vara Människa.
Ständigt tänkande. Ständigt skrivande. Att ha ett "wildly associative mind", som tar med en på "tangiential thinking"-villovägar. Att hata matlagning. Den frihetslängtande, bokälskande solitären. Humanisten. Att alltid vara on the move (från en Thom Gunn-dikt) fysiskt och själsligt, men tänka på London som "my city".
Dröjde mig kvar i sista tredjedelen eftersom jag inte ville komma till slutet på Sacks liv. Han förblir en stor förebild och inspirationskälla inom klinisk psykologi, ja, inom området Att Vara Människa.