Susan Inman
Auteur de After Her Brain Broke: Helping My Daughter Recover Her Sanity
Œuvres de Susan Inman
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA (birth)
Canada
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 15
- Popularité
- #708,120
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 3
So, in an informational sense, the book was good, and I think the parents of severely mentally ill children would get a lot out of it. And the fact that Molly is actually doing reasonably well now, when many of the doctors she saw thought her case was hopeless, would give hope.
But it's just badly written. It is very short, only 165 pages long, and felt rushed and not detailed enough. For instance, in the middle of things, Molly's father was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. Then several chapters later the author was like, "Yeah, so Molly's dad hadn't died yet. His cancer mysteriously disappeared. The doctors said sometimes that happens." I would have liked to have known more about that, especially how it impacted Molly.
I don't think the average person is going to enjoy this book much, though as I said it would be good for the families of mentally ill people.… (plus d'informations)