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About Lisa Genova
See more books from this AuthorGenova, an online columnist for the National Alzheimer’s Association, has a brisk style and lays out the facts of the disease—statistics, tests, drugs, clinical trials—plainly, often rather technically...Worthy, benign and readable, but not always lifelike.
Read Full Review of Still Alice | See more reviews from KirkusThe novel follows Alice’s slow but inevitable decline, losing memories, people, and connections as the disease progresses, as well as, the effect it has on her family...is a inspiring, insightful, heartbreaking, and touching look into a terrifying yet prevalent disease, making it a delightfully wonderful read.
Read Full Review of Still AliceThe story is told through the lens of Alice, the book’s protagonist, in such a way that it allows readers to extend their emotion by understanding what it is like to lose all sense of comprehension...I would highly recommend this book to connoisseurs and novices alike.
Read Full Review of Still Alice...STILL ALICE grabbed me from the first page. I kept reading knowing I was not going to get much done until I finished it; I kept saying one more page, one more chapter, until the book was completed...it’s a perfect book club book. I dare you to finish this novel and not turn to someone to talk about it.
Read Full Review of Still AliceThrough her depiction of real-life situations and their impact on a close-knit family coping with this tragic disease, Genova shows us that when you lose your mind, you still have your heart, your default emotional responses and your essential self. Something for all of us to remember.
Read Full Review of Still Alice | See more reviews from Globe and MailAs the story progressed, and she could answer the questions with less and less certainty, I found myself crying. I tried to tell myself that it was only a story, but by the end I couldn't pretend anymore. It's not just a story. It's the story of every person with this horrible illness and no cure in sight.
Read Full Review of Still Alice Still Alice  chronicles that demise accurately as it happens to the Howland family, and they all struggle toward acceptance. But this is not a sad or depressing read. It is positive and uplifting...The depth of characterization and insight into human relationships reminded me of books by Anne Tyler, and the narrative was just as strong...
Read Full Review of Still AliceAs a study of pathology by a subject matter expert, Still Alice is devastating. As a first novel, it is serious, cogent, and perfectly structured, the primary vantage point of Alice’s tense and distant relationship with her youngest child giving way to an examination of the effects a disease with hereditary roots has on a family.
Read Full Review of Still AliceStill Alice is beautifully crafted, emotionally evocative, thought-provoking, compassionate, and riveting...I could not put this one down. In no way do I mean to imply that this is a quick read or an insignificant one. To the contrary, Still Alice affected me as profoundly as any book I have ever read.
Read Full Review of Still Alice...the author has created a believable, appealing heroine and placed her in a loving but imperfect family atypical only in its level of achievement...she looks closely and compassionately at a frightening disease in an engaging work of fiction—and that’s quite enough for any first novelist to accomplish.
Read Full Review of Still AliceStill Alice is written with a great deal of compassion and realism. Genova tackles a difficult subject, but does so in a very gentle and caring way. The book certainly gives the reader a sense of what it must be like to live with Alzheimer’s disease.
Read Full Review of Still AliceThis is the best novel I have read on the subject; most of what I read is nonfiction. Written from the perspective of a women diagnosed with early Alzheimer's, the story shows the emotional toll on the patient and the family.
Read Full Review of Still AliceMore than many other books on the disease, this book takes the reader into the daily life of the patient – forgetfulness, losing direction, putting things in the wrong place...This quiet and powerful novel is highly recommended for people who fear they may acquire the disease...
Read Full Review of Still AliceLisa Genova's Still Alice is a novel you'll read with your heart. And, it will break your heart, but Alice Howland's story is so tragic, and so realistic, that it needs to be read...I can't praise this novel highly enough,
Read Full Review of Still Alice...I didn’t find myself as emotionally invested as I expected to be. I’m not sure if it’s simply because I couldn’t relate that well to Alice and her family...or if the writing was well done, but just a bit too clinical for my liking. Still a really enjoyable read, just not quite what I was expecting.
Read Full Review of Still AliceWhat especially makes this book work is that Lisa Genova has written this fiction from Alice's viewpoint. The reader gets to see Alice actually forget people...Still Alice is a novel that is a testament to the human spirit. It is a assertion of Alice's persona even if she no longer has any recollection of herself and her close ones.
Read Full Review of Still AliceStill Alice is packed with the information about Alzheimer's disease but it rarely feels like Genova is showing off her research...But it was the more personal moments that repeatedly brought tears to my eyes.
Read Full Review of Still AliceI felt a full range of emotions while reading this novel: fear, anger, sadness, joy, hope, helplessness, and love. The bonds of the Howland family are tested to the limit. Alice is an amazing and strong woman....It is not an easy read due to the subject matter, but it is well worth reading.
Read Full Review of Still AliceI really appreciate how Genova wrote Still Alice by having each chapter outline a month in Alice’s life, so the reader can see how quickly the disease progressed...Genova crafted a beautiful novel. The characters are flesh and blood—you could imagine them being in the same room as you while you read.
Read Full Review of Still AliceWhat a wonderful yet sad and heartbreaking story...It really opens your eyes to what life with this disease can actually be like, whilst a fictional story it has been researched well and paints a vivid picture of what this disease is like to live with. I could hardly put it down 4/5 for me.
Read Full Review of Still AliceSo… did I like Still Alice? Yes, and no. The beginning of the book didn’t grab a hold of me straight away. It took me considerable time to really connect with Alice and come to understand her. After I read well into the middle of the book, I found a much faster pace of reading...
Read Full Review of Still AliceStill Alice is important as an awareness raiser – not just of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease itself – but of what it’s like to experience this horribly sad disease...If anyone you know is suffering Alzheimer’s, read this...I found it fascinating as much from psychological and neurological perspectives, as from the emotions it evoked.
Read Full Review of Still AliceA poignant and moving novel, Still Alice is the story of a Alice Howland, a fifty year old wife, mother and renowned linguistics professor at Harvard University...What ensures that Still Alice is so affecting is that it is told from Alice’s perspective. As the story unfolds, Alice desperately tries to hold on to her sense of self.
Read Full Review of Still AliceI feel that one of the main themes the author, Lisa Genova has touched upon in Still Alice, is that of quality of life in terminally ill persons. Still Alice is a novel that presents the lives of those with Alzheimer's as being worthy and having meaning.
Read Full Review of Still AliceStill Alice by Lisa Genova is a heart-breaking, but still hopeful novel. Alice’s story is compelling and made me think about how important it is to spend time with those I love...t is an amazing story. Genova gives us such true, vulnerable, flawed people, all trying to handle a devastating situation, and she does it beautifully.
Read Full Review of Still AliceWhen I turned the last page, I felt as if I had just rushed through a roller coaster of emotions; grief, sadness, a few laughters here and there, love, fear… I found a little of everything in Alice’s story, and that’s what I loved about it. I know that, no matter the writing, I’ll still be thinking about this book a long time from now.
Read Full Review of Still AliceI cried while I read this novel. I cried for Alice, for her husband and for their children...I also laughed through tears because of Alice's irrepressible spirit, intellect and sense of humor...I thought it was excellent, heartbreaking but truly excellent, and I highly recommend it.
Read Full Review of Still AliceThis is one of those stories that is beautiful and painful at the same time. I think the author did a very good job here combining all these aspects of this disease into a wonderful story. I don't give full marks to books often, but this is a five star book. I can highly recommend it, and I will be on the lookout for other books from this author.
Read Full Review of Still AliceIt is sensitively written and lacks sentimentality. Although you know things are not going to get any better for Alice, the book is not depressing...The characters are very well drawn and you feel yourself fighting with Alice and hoping that if she can’t answer her five questions she somehow still fails to carry out her plan.
Read Full Review of Still AliceI liked how the author wrote this story with a very strong and successful woman as a subject. It helped quell some myths about Alzheimer's...Although this book would ultimately sound a bit sad...the tone of this book was actually very hopeful and happy as it narrated to us the story of Alice as she struggled with her disease...
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