Susannah Cahalan wakes up in a strange room. She is unaware of what is going on. She is alone, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or sleep. Tentatively, she lifts up her arm to find a wrist band that reads, "flight risk". Along with this she finds her medical records-chronicling from a month long stay of which she cannot remember. These consist of things such as hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. She remembers a week ago, a promising job, a serious relationship, and the picture of health.
After this, she goes back a month or so to when all these curious things started happening to her. First she notices a couple bug bites on her hand which she is sure are bedbugs. Now, if I found a couple of bug bites, I would probably not take much notice of it, but not Susannah. She gets her apartment sprayed for bedbugs not once, not twice, but three times. After this more serious symptoms occur that closely resemble mono, fatigue, nasea, and irratibility. These slowly evolve into serious symptoms including extreme paranoia, seizures, and violence.
What will happen next in this thrilling tale? Willl Susannah ever be diagnosed? Will Susannah ever be the way she was before?
This sounds like a very suspense filled book but what sounds interesting is that it isn't a fictional story, it actually happened. I wonder if her family has a history of mental illness because that is what it sounds like is happening to her, by her symptoms.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you responded to the prompt. Your summary of the setting is very captivating and made me want to read the novel for myself!
ReplyDeleteThis book seems really interesting and a different type of book. I like how you responded with questions at the end.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you formatted this blog post. The last three questions at the end really acted as a cliff hanger wanting the reader to read your next blog post about what happened.
ReplyDeleteGood job engaging the audience with this. It was like reading a story!
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