Not as good as it has been marketed to be. There were two passages I actually wrote down, but the rest of it wasn't anything remarkable. The writing was fairly beautiful, and considering the whole memoir was dictated only with the left eye, it makes this quite an astonishing achievement. There's also a bit of sense of humour left despite what has happened. Still, Bauby's condition doesn't make me judge the writing or the content any differently. His situation was unfortunate (for me it would be absolutely unbearable), but I'm sure he would have wanted honesty instead of pity regarding his book.