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Still Alice

Lisa Genova

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* Week 3: Introduction
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May 16, 2014 Xueting rated it liked it

I'm surprised I didn't like this more, but maybe I was expecting too much with all the hype. I think Lisa Genova's second novel, 'Left Neglected' was better developed and written, which is great for her, because that shows she improved. 'Still Alice' read like a scientific paper, like Alice's thoughts and struggles are a researcher's observations studying Alzheimer's. It had lots of scenes that, while mostly powerful, are too short and packed together that I felt my emotions swinging back and fo ...more

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Jun 11, 2017 Joy Gerbode rated it really liked it

Although this book is quite disturbing, I also found it a wonderful fountain of information on a disease that is so devastating. Well written, it draws you right into the family life, and made me laugh as well as cry, but also opened me eyes to new understanding not only of symptoms, but of feelings, of those troubled by this disease. Also ways to deal with it ... kind of wish I had read it before my folks walked the dementia path, but neither of my parents were nearly as bad as Alice. Well wort ...more

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Aug 06, 2014 Ronna rated it really liked it

Well-written and a page turner (despite the subject). I thought it might be overly-sentimental, but it wasn't. I seemed very real, from what I know, of an early-onset Alzheimer's experience. Glad I read it. ...more

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