I couldn't get into it. There were some sections I understood and was able to relate to, but there was a lot of medical jargon that I couldn't grasp. I expected that as I'm not a very science-minded person, but when she did stray from the technical, her prose was dry and I had to drag myself through the book.

When she discussed how hypergraphia didn't always make for good writing, I completely understood what she meant because I felt like I was reading an example of it. She rambled and went off topic for pages only to return to previous points she never finished discussing. This book could have used a few solid rewrites.

One thing that turned me off especially was that she seemed very concerned with what constituted "real writing" (apparently not genre writers, unless they're Stephen King) or "true writer's block" and other sentiments of the sort.

I did get a few things out of it, but those occasional tidbits weren't really worth the rest of the book. Maybe someone more scientific than myself would get more out of it, but I was bored and annoyed through the majority of it.