from nosborm

Wow, what a great book! Though I'm not very knowledgeable about neurology, this book was extremely compelling and a fairly quick read too. Sacks is an excellent and vivid writer and observer. My only regret is that I haven't read him sooner. I borrowed this book from my brother after hearing abou...

from the.ken.petersen

I suspect that I am only being mean and deducting one star from this book because it had the temerity to discomfort me. Accepting that the information therein is accurate, this book challenges all concepts of intelligence, free will and a purpose to life. This book is a series of studies by the a...

from flydodofly

As interesting as individual stories were, and as open the approach, I could not escape the guilty feeling I am peeping onto tragic lives for my own entertainment, insight, name it what you like. Oliver Sacks was a fascinating, interested and well-meaning personand has done a world of good for bo...

from damsorrow

Thank you, fuzzy brain doctor Sacks! You give me a lot to think about about memory and how abnormal neural pathology can show us the truth and beauty of how normal brains function, even though this book was written before I was born.

from Islandmum84

It's a non-fiction, this says much for the 4 stars as I don't love non-fiction. I love the nice writing style of Dr Sacks, he takes the complicated neurological disorders and turns them in palatable information