A review by magnetgrrl
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
3.0
This was pretty interesting. I was surprised at how much the author disclosed about her own life (and her opinions on people she treated) - sometimes it seemed too informal. The first half of the book seems more backed by science than the second half, which is a laundry list of a bunch of hypotheses slightly fleshed out. If you're turned off by books about scientific subjects that rely on a lot of anecdotes, this may irk you, but there are some facts presented as well, it's just mostly anecdotal. Also, don't be completely turned off by the first title chapter and the subject matter of the first anecdote. I think the book probably could have reached a wider audience if Jacob wasn't the patient she starts talking about and spends the most time on... but, whatever.
There were some pretty "whoa" insights near the end, as well, even though there wasn't a ton in the way of super actionable stuff.
If you happen to pick this up in a store just to skim it and see what you think - page 234 of the hardcover (or whatever the LAST page is in the edition you're looking at) has a handy TL;DR summary of all her main points.
Like, seriously, just take a pic of that and peruse it later, from time to time. :)
There were some pretty "whoa" insights near the end, as well, even though there wasn't a ton in the way of super actionable stuff.
If you happen to pick this up in a store just to skim it and see what you think - page 234 of the hardcover (or whatever the LAST page is in the edition you're looking at) has a handy TL;DR summary of all her main points.
Like, seriously, just take a pic of that and peruse it later, from time to time. :)