Bonnie Blodgett

LT Remembering Smell, Bonnie Blodgett, Publisher, 2010, dates I read/studied book
Recommended by MJH

I skimmed book 4/9/18

Theme: loss of smell
Type: nonfiction story
Value: 2
Age:col
Interest: 2, too much detail
Objectionable: profanity, grossness (delighted in in "name" of objectivity)
Synopsis/Noteworthy:

adaptation: tendency of person (or animal) to get use to scent in his presence and then not to notice it 220
lipstick 82
chap 1 phantosmia: constant stench of every disgusting thing you can think of (book jacket)
chap 2 anosmia: no smell
chap 3 toxic smell… (altro)

I'm in a unique position to review this book, as I have also lost my sense of smell. When I saw this book was being published, I thought, "I should've written this," and I looked forward to reading it.
Losing my sense of smell surprised me, saddened me (I LOVED candles, scents, etc), and reminded me that all our senses work together. I also realized, when I couldn't smell an active gas leak, that it can be dangerous.
That being said...the author was too dramatic in her recounting of the loss of smell, her constant "don't go there," when she'd ponder life without smell, and her taking her daughter to her appt, because she was upset, etc, just struck me as too much...and again...I've been there.
She's a good writer, and that got me through 3/4 of the book...I finally got tired of the dramatics, and I flipped to the end to see what happened.
She also just skimmed over the return of smell...which, to me, deserved more dramatic dialogue, because you appreciate things you took for granted in the past.
I wanted to love this book...but I didn't.… (altro)