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ksaaa's review
5.0
“I’ve lived nearly all my life with two incompatible ideas in my head: I wish I were dead and I’m glad my suicides failed.”
Often when reading a book on mental illness, authors tend to shy away from the realness of chronic suicidal ideation/tendencies/attempts and flower their words with toxic positivity that makes the message feel unsavory. This was raw, unflinching, and ultimately stunning.
Once I picked this up, I could not put it down. I will definitely have to reread to fully digest all the gems throughout. While I appreciated this book as someone similar to the author in their struggle with suicide and depression, someone who struggles to understand the suicidal mind would benefit from reading this as well.
Often when reading a book on mental illness, authors tend to shy away from the realness of chronic suicidal ideation/tendencies/attempts and flower their words with toxic positivity that makes the message feel unsavory. This was raw, unflinching, and ultimately stunning.
Once I picked this up, I could not put it down. I will definitely have to reread to fully digest all the gems throughout. While I appreciated this book as someone similar to the author in their struggle with suicide and depression, someone who struggles to understand the suicidal mind would benefit from reading this as well.
liamroush's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
alicebme's review
5.0
Not everything in this book is helpful. Some of it is fucking annoying. BUT, a lot of it is the most helpful thing I’ve ever read all in one place, and I’ll gladly accept the rest as contextual atmosphere.
_soraya_pl's review
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
3.0
If this book was titled “How Not to Kill Yourself by Drinking” I would’ve had better expectations and honestly skipped it. Alcoholism isn’t something I struggle with so if you also don’t, this memoir may be a skip. I anticipated a mix of memoir and thought process of the suicidal mind, not hours of AA meetings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism
Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
briledsome's review
dark
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts