The topic of the book and the expertise which it was handled with were great. However, I think the book could have been structured better to avoid (a lot of) repetition.

I like Jamison's writing and I think she succeeded in not glorifying a dangerous mental illness for the sake of art while at the same time acknowledging that this illness may have contributed to some great works of art.

Something that bothered me was the theory that the change of seasons and the accompanying change in light and darkness influenced mood changes. This is not the part that bothers me, the phenomenon is well documented - what bothers me is ignoring the areas where the changing of seasons is much more subtle and the times of light and dark are virtually the same all year round. This is kind of a small thing, but I can't let go of it.