Book Review: Monster Brain

By Elizabeth Suggs

The Monster Brain: Conversations with OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) by Daniel Cureton deals with one author’s experience through OCD. I was in awe by his use of graphics, music, and poetic style to portray different pieces of his mind and memories. As someone who deals with their own version of mental illness, I feel like this paints a deep and truthful picture of what this really brings to the table for a person.

We move through Cureton’s world through fifty original poems and writings dealing that all deal with different aspects of OCD.

Living with mental illness is like having cuts, digging into the skin. These stories take us through that dark torment, but there’s a brighter side. We see recovery—his happily ever after.

Like the great mysts

You rise

Infecting the brain waves

You strive.

—Fog, Daniel Cureton

There’s a lot packed into this book. It’s more than just a quick read—this is an experience.

If you want more than a story, but tales that bring you into another world, then this is your book.

Cureton has many books to his name. I can’t wait to read more!

Follow him on Amazon here.

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Elizabeth Suggs is the owner and founder of Editing Mee. When she’s not writing or editing, she loves to dive deep into books (the weirder, the better!), and she loves to take random long walks to unplanned destinations.