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Brain on Fire (2016) Movie vs Book
Film · 2016 · Directed by Gerard Barrett · Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Thomas Mann, Jenny Slate
Brain on Fire (2016) Movie: Cast and Details
A young reporter's life is turned upside down by a sudden, mysterious illness. It is based on a memoir.
Book vs Movie: How Close Is It?
Close to the bookIt keeps the main events of the memoir, in a simpler dramatized form.
Read or watch first?
Read the book for the author's own account. The film is a shorter version.
What the book gives you
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
A quick and gripping memoir that brought attention to a rare disease.
Who will like it: Readers who like medical memoirs.