Hallucinations & Epilepsy

As the title may suggest, I thought this was a book about the love of music. It’s not. It’s as much about music phobia as it is about musicophilia.

As a musician who adores music, I’m always keen to learn more. However, this audiobook is a depressing account of neurological disorders from patients, many of whom have no love nor affinity for music at all.

Several times I had to switch off this audiobook as it was disturbing, irritating or incessantly annoying. I like to finish what I start, but after a few of hours, I simply could not take anymore. I gave up on this audiobook and requested a full refund.

This may be a good book for neurosurgeons and medical students. But for a lovers of music, musicophiliacs like myself, this book is the opposite of pleasant.

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A solid Oliver Sacks book

It's a good book about neurological curiosities, that follows the trend of every other book Sacks wrote. I would strongly recommend that new listeners start with "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat", as earlier in his writing career, Sacks had even more weird and wonderful stories. Some accounts get reprised here a bit, and it's a good follow-up.

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That voice .

That voice and the Oxbridge accent definitely persuaded me to say goodbye to Audible.What were you guys thinking!

Music is the food of life not just love!

Utterly fascinating and totally interesting. Another masterpiece of knowledge, science and human life. Oliver Sacks never fails to entrance me. The narrator is great too - calm and soothing but with depth and emotion enough to show empathy to the stories of the people Sacks so eloquently writes about. Only one small issue some may find ‘jarring’ - the use of now dated terminology which was, at the time of writing, acceptable science vocabulary (E.g retarded, demented, ‘normal’ etc). Otherwise … expand your awareness of the variety of human psychology and with these neurological science insights!