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pixieliscous's review against another edition
5.0
Captivating and Enlightening
A unique voice which draws you in to an often misunderstood world. I couldn't put this book down, it made me feel less alone.
A unique voice which draws you in to an often misunderstood world. I couldn't put this book down, it made me feel less alone.
read_with_shawntel's review against another edition
4.0
This was an interesting book. It was very interesting to hear what exactly goes on in the mind of (at least from one perspective) someone struggling with mental illness. It also shows how much we are not treating it seriously, and diagnosing it early. Eye opening but intense read.
obiebyke's review against another edition
4.0
Powerful. Marya Hornbacher amazes. She captured the one step forward, two steps back. I wasn't the biggest fan of the voice actor, but it worked.
eljoseph24's review
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
3.0
I got almost halfway through this book. In all honesty it triggered my own anxiety from reading the fast, overwhelming and anxious thoughts of the author. When she is in a depressed cycle I can read it no problem but when she is in a manic cycle I struggle because the thoughts are too fast and disjointed. It makes me feel wound up to read these parts and I’m not enjoying reading it for that reason and though I have not finished it I have learned more about bipolar from it. I think it is a good book on the topic but not for me.
lorink's review
4.0
Like Wasted, this is a compelling, if frequently disturbing, look at a difficult subject. After struggling with terrible eating disorders for most of her life, Hornbacher realized that they were in fact caused by an even greater underlying problem: she has the most severe form of bipolar disorder it is possible to have. Having gone untreated for so long, it proved resistant to medication, and she was plagued by repeated bouts of madness after Wasted was published.
In Madness, she takes an unflinching, but ultimately hopeful look at her condition, and in the process gives what must be one of the clearest descriptions of madness ever written.
Note for the squeamish: the book starts on a particularly gruesome note, but really does get easier to read.
In Madness, she takes an unflinching, but ultimately hopeful look at her condition, and in the process gives what must be one of the clearest descriptions of madness ever written.
Note for the squeamish: the book starts on a particularly gruesome note, but really does get easier to read.
gotquidditch's review
5.0
Cried through the last 50-100 pages of this. Devastating, heartbreaking, inspiring, hopeful, and deeply touching.