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          <body><![CDATA[I'd probably give it 3-and-a-half ... I never know quite how to rate these things. I would definitely recommend it for anyone with an interest in mental illness. I enjoyed the book, and it's well-written. I'll try to explain why I gave it 3 instead of 4. I know already the clinical description of schizophrenia. What I hoped to get from this book was a personal account of what it's like to experience schizophrenia. And really, she does do a great job of describing what it feels like, and her account of the events of her life seems thorough. Still, somehow I didn't really feel that I &quot;knew&quot; her. The book is so well-written that I felt a disconnect between Elyn-the-author and Elyn-the-character in the book. I don't know if it's even possible to write a book about schizophrenia that feels adequately &quot;crazy&quot; but is still readable/relatable. I don't know if this even makes sense ... basically, she refers to the crazy thoughts she has, crazy things she says, her poor hygiene habits, how her fiance suggests she might have Asperger's syndrome (before he knows she has schizophrenia), how she seems &quot;almost comatose&quot; in interviews and meetings -- yet she reads like a very normal person. I guess I felt like I couldn't really picture what she would be like in person. In contrast, for example, John Elder Robison's account of his life with Asperger's syndrome (&quot;Look Me in the Eye&quot;) was well-written, yet somehow I could feel his personality through the writing, feel his &quot;otherness&quot; rather than getting a feeling of a perfectly normal person who bad things happened to. But then, maybe that's just what schizophrenia is like. So you see my complaint is sort of nebulous. It's probably more that I wasn't totally into it at the time, rather than any failing on the part of the book. I'm curious, how does she sound on radio? ]]></body>
        
    
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