Prior to reading this book, the extent of my experience with Craiglockhart was a passing mention in my GCSE English class when we were studying the poems of Wilfrid Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Nevertheless, I have been interested in the topic ever since, and this book only served to deepen my interest in a way that was both very brutal, and very realising.

The way in which Charles Glass writes was very captivating. I never really found myself feeling bored whilst reading this book, and I often found myself reading well into the night when I perhaps should've gone to sleep! It is perhaps one of my favourite non-fiction books that I have read, and I definitely intend to buy a physical copy because I can imagine myself reading this over and over again.

I didn't know much about Craiglockhart and the history of treatment of 'shellshock' (now referred to as PTSD), and I feel as though this book gives me very well rounded history, beginning from the founding of Craiglockhart and the earlier lives of its' first doctors, to its' very end. It was a very interesting read, but I will admit, it has left me reeling somewhat. I would 100% recommend this book,