Review: What can one expect from 33 pages?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
This is a 33 page book. It is by definition a simplistic look at Bipolar Disorder. One should not expect a textbook on the subject in that amount of space. Your expectations need to be appropriate to the book. If you're expecting a Rolls Royce you're going to be disappointed with a Dinky Car. So set your expectations appropriately. This is one of those Japanese no-name knock-offs with plastic wheels that don't resemble any particular car.The book focuses on defining and describing Bipolar Disorder, how the family can best deal with it, and what the treatments are. In general, each of the areas of concern are dealt with at a very high level. There is very little obvious bad information and the information is presented in a reader-friendly manner.On the other hand, there is a great deal of repetition. Things are repeated multiple times. And sometimes they are duplicated one after the other. Sometimes whole blocks of information are presented in a slightly different method. (You get the idea?). The book needed severe content and organization editing. Basically it looked like the writer needed to produce a certain number of pages/words and didn't have the information to fill up the quota. In other cases, they really didn't understand what they were discussing. So they repeated themselves.From an editing standpoint there are several errors and typos in addition to the repetition. However, there are far fewer than is typical for this type of book. Definitely better organization and less repetition would aid this book.Generally speaking the book is what it is -- a quick pamphlet on bipolar for people who haven't heard of it before. It definitely isn't worth a 5 star rating, but neither is it worth a 1 star. At 99 cents or on Free promotion it might be worth a glance if you have need a very basic understanding.