fionnious's review
3.0
Not a bad jump into Alastair Campbell's brain and his take on mental health and its relationship with politics. Very much of its time (David Cameron's premiership) but pretty enlightening nonetheless. Doesn't add too much to the dialogue on mental health, but paired with a lot of listening to his podcast recently, I did enjoy the listen.
fnnbnjmnks's review
3.0
Not a bad jump into Alastair Campbell's brain and his take on mental health and its relationship with politics. Very much of its time (David Cameron's premiership) but pretty enlightening nonetheless. Doesn't add too much to the dialogue on mental health, but paired with a lot of listening to his podcast recently, I did enjoy the listen.
debumere's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting. I'm really on the fence with this which is why I gave it a 3. The first part, with stats, was very interesting. When Alastair started talking about his depression part of me thought 'You're just cashing in' and another thought 'Well, good for you.'
With so many celebs and famous people jumping on the mental illness bandwagon, I am quite cynical.
With so many celebs and famous people jumping on the mental illness bandwagon, I am quite cynical.
karna's review
3.0
A nice little book written by Alastair Campbell.
I'm a huge fan of his diaries so it was quite refreshing to read about his idea of happiness and how mental illness should not suffer any stigma.
His account of his nervous breakdown is very powerful, and his thoughts about his late friend Ph.Gould are very moving.
I'm a huge fan of his diaries so it was quite refreshing to read about his idea of happiness and how mental illness should not suffer any stigma.
His account of his nervous breakdown is very powerful, and his thoughts about his late friend Ph.Gould are very moving.
tildafin16's review
4.0
I respect Alastair Campbell for his work on depression and his openness. His description of how it impacts on your family and friends and his advice to live not seeking perfect happiness, but to your values , is sound I think. It’s certainly where I’ve got to increasingly in living with my own depression.
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