Nada A. reviewed on 8/27/2016 + 1389 more book reviews

The objective of Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich is unclear. Is it about Patient HM, the surgeon William Scoville, a broader survey of the scientific study of memory, or the author's struggle to understand his own family history? The book attempts to do all of those, and, as a result, completes addresses none of them. The lack of footnotes and a bibliography in a nonfiction book is also particularly noticeable.

Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2016/08/patient-h-m.html.

Reviewed based on a publisher's galley received through NetGalley

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