Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

Excellent balance between narrative experience and factual information. Also, greatly appreciated the introduction and how she states that she is an unreliable source, but she does her best. Loved the information towards the end about the experiment with ketamine and the rubber hand to better understand schizophrenia. Most of the time she came off as quite skilled and competent, but there were a few moments where it felt hackneyed due to her flippant use of common turns of phrase or came off someone acting like a journalist. These moments are few and a majority of the writing is interesting and feels authentic.

I did watch the Netflix special of this, the book (or at least audiobook) is much better. In the book Stephen is much more caring and present. I think they also misrepresented her age and ability in the show, perhaps so the actress comes off as more believable. The book also spends some time talking about her recovery, which is important as well as how she tries to help others with her knowledge and experience. The special is pretty good, but the (audio)book eclipses it.