I did not like this book. I find it hard to say more than that.
I have a lot of friends who really enjoyed Vizzini's account of staying in a mental ward based on his own life experience, but I did not find it a compelling or uplifting story at all. One of my friends, Sophia, who also did not like the book put the problems I have with the book best when she said in her goodreads review as a plot synopsis that"[the book] focuses on some privileged white dude's depression recovery in the Best Possible Circumstances." She also has problems with the clear transphobia throughout the novel, a point which I also found disturbing.
I rate this book a 3 out of 10. I found it rather disingenuous and the main character to be bit spoiled and annoyingly sheltered. I would not recommend reading this book and regret having spent $20 purchasing it based on the many good reviews I had heard prior to reading it myself.
I have a lot of friends who really enjoyed Vizzini's account of staying in a mental ward based on his own life experience, but I did not find it a compelling or uplifting story at all. One of my friends, Sophia, who also did not like the book put the problems I have with the book best when she said in her goodreads review as a plot synopsis that"[the book] focuses on some privileged white dude's depression recovery in the Best Possible Circumstances." She also has problems with the clear transphobia throughout the novel, a point which I also found disturbing.
I rate this book a 3 out of 10. I found it rather disingenuous and the main character to be bit spoiled and annoyingly sheltered. I would not recommend reading this book and regret having spent $20 purchasing it based on the many good reviews I had heard prior to reading it myself.
No comments:
Post a Comment