Manic

Episode Series

De: Amy Perez MS Psychology

Narrado por: Katrina Medina

Three times best-selling author in new release books, Amy Perez MS Psychology, number one best seller in forensic psychology

Come get locked away in a low budget mental hospital in Miami. Take this ride with the newest psych patient and see everything from her perspective. The shots, the pills, the mania. The FBI gets involved. A deadly virus takes over the facility. People are shuffling in. Who can be trusted? The world is coming to an end. All the while the love of her life is doing everything to save her. You will have to take the ups with the downs during this psychological thriller. This series is based on a true story. Episodes 1-18.

About the Author:

Amy Perez has a master's degree in general psychology. She has worked in Miami, Florida, with people living with various mental illnesses. She has spent many hours inside mental health facilities with a firsthand patient perspective. Amy lives in Florida with her family and orange tabby. She enjoys reading, writing, cooking and spending time in nature.

Instagram: avidauthor Twitter: @Psychologyamy

Facebook Groups: Mental health encouragement, I love books, and Psychology facts

©2018 Amy Perez MS Psychology (P)2020 Amy Perez MS Psychology

I found a new favorite author

I am only half way threw this book but wanted to say how much I love it.The format is great and the narrator is perfect,I can't wait to finish it and start on Amy's other offerings.

Good

It was a good book over all. It got a little confusing a few times. Though I suppose that was her mania coming in play. I listened to the entire book with in 3 work days on and off while working.

Honestly, I was shocked!

I'm bipolar and when I was listening to this story, I almost felt like I was living it. It also gave me a look into what others see when I'm manic. It was a so vivid that I thought it was happening to me.

Good Overall Story

Overall this is a good and interesting storyline. It's very hard to follow because the story is all over the place but I think that's the point, to show how a manic mind is all over the place. The narrator does a great job bringing the story to life. I would consider more by this author.

Needs work.

I received a free audiobook copy in exchange for a review.

The idea was interesting, but I think this would have been better as a short story. Considering all her worries and whatnot were from her mind messing with her/imagination, it’s like nothing was going on in the story, just her imagined ramblings. I wish there would have been more dialogue because that slowed the story even more.

On that note, the repetition and redundancy were overwhelming. Here’s one such example showing both: “I am standing in a small YARD surrounded by a metal chain-link FENCE. There is barbed wire along the top of the FENCE. There is a small covered area in the corner of the YARD. There are three guys standing underneath.” I would have changed this to: “I’m standing in a small yard surrounded by a metal, chain-length fence topped with barbed wire. Three guys stand under a small-covered area in the corner of the yard.” Or a simpler example: “My dad sits on the other side of me. My dad winces as he sits down.” Even with the repetition/redundancy issue, this sentence is basically saying: “Her dad sits beside her. Her dad sits down.” I don’t remember what chapter it was in, but when her family brought her a sandwich, I should have counted the number of times “sandwich” was used. It was crazy! In my head, repetition = boring (the person couldn’t think of a different way to say something), while redundancy = unnecessary words (fluff/slows the story). Having so much of both = poor writing and editing. The fact the majority of the story was told to the reader as opposed to allowing them to “experience” it… Not a fan.

Given the main character is telling the story through her thoughts, I would have recommended using contractions throughout because how often when you’re thinking are you not using contractions? Why was there barely any dialogue? Again, the lack of slowed the story. There were times when the MC wondered why she was there and what was going on. Ask!


The narrator did an okay job. I wasn’t a fan of the fact you can hear her talking into the microphone. Like I had the image of her sitting in a little studio reading with a microphone in front of her. I’d rather not imagine what the narrator’s doing “behind the scenes.” I wish I could have seen the story’s format regarding all the long pauses. At first I thought they were scene breaks but there were times when she’d finish narrating, the long pause, and then start narrating in the same scene.

In the end, I was bored, the writing annoyed me, and I ended up skipping a lot of the story.

This style of story telling isn’t for me

This one is difficult to follow along. I really made no connection to Amy so I didn’t care about her ramblings. I will say She does has a lot of paranoia. I marked this as a DNF because I couldn’t sit through more hours of her rambling with no basic story. I need to have a character’s story so I can make a connection to her and care about what, why and how she is doing. Sorry I really wanted to like this but it’s a no go for me.

I did listen to this on audio. The narrator was good at times and other she seemed in a tunnel or choppy.