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novella42's review against another edition
I adored her essay / letter to the health insurance system. This is such a good book, and I think it's sadly beyond my capacity to handle. There's just a lot of things in it that hit my personal traumas. I tried skipping chapters, tried powering through, and finally accepted that it would be kinder to my mental health to not read this particular book on mental health. I lau hed aloud at many points, though, and I can think of half a dozen people who would love this and not have the same issues with it that I did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
qrschulte's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This book is just as enjoyable and funny as her first two, but boy was it also soooo sad at parts. Highly recommend the audiobook, read by Lawson herself. And to anyone who says our healthcare system is fine and doesn’t need reform, I request you read Chapter 9: An Open Letter to My Insurance Company, and then tell me the US HAS a really great system. A favorite quote from the book: “If simple words fixed terrible things, then terrible things wouldn’t exist.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol
Minor: Gore and Fire/Fire injury