Well…
what do I say? I had high hopes, and this book looked promising, being a memoir
with such a title that it has. When I started reading, the first half of
chapter one was riveting. An emotional flashback about the author’s wedding,
and how, while at the alter waiting for his soon-to-be wife to come down the
aisle, he had a severe anxiety attack, causing him to sweat through his tuxedo
and shake uncontrollably. But after that brief story, the book became quite
boring. When labeled as a memoir, you would expect there to be at least a few
interesting life experiences elaborated upon in the book, but here we have a
few brief stories of various situations dealing with the author’s anxiety
separated by pages upon pages of statistical data, research, and clinical
information about anxiety and anxiety-inducing situations.
If you
are looking for a book that details one’s life experiences as something you may
be able to relate to, please keep
looking for one.
Review by Mason Cashman
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