A review by notghosts
The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison

3.5

Some essays - the first, the last, the essay on Morgellons - were very good. Some captured interesting topics e.g the Barkley marathons or the West Memphis three but there were quite a few duds in the middle. The essay on sweetness and sentimentality stands out for being practically senseless and incoherent and I found myself unconvinced by her rhetorical devices jn the last essay,  though it had its moments.