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A review by nikrodee
My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
4.0
You ever read something that makes your heart truly hurt for another person? This book will give you this feeling for everyone who goes through these constant struggles.
This book surprised me on so many levels. It's definitely about a very touchy subject, but I'm very glad Jasmine Warga brought it to light. Depression and suicide are very real issues in today's society and personally I think she does a really good job at describing the hollowness and just hopelessness in these two teenagers.
Aysel (and the rest of her small town) is rocked by a crime her father committed and still feels the impact in her everyday life. She struggles to go through the motions everyday and has given up altogether but she can never quite figure out the physics of leaving the world. Then she meets Roman and they form a suicide pact. Roman is reeling from guilt of loosing a family member at his hands, and he wants nothing more to leave the world behind to those who "deserve it."
When they start to accept and learn about each other throughout the book you can tell the tides are turning and you're rooting for it to happen the whole time. This book is so tragically and hauntingly beautiful to me and I really believe everyone should take time to read it.
This book surprised me on so many levels. It's definitely about a very touchy subject, but I'm very glad Jasmine Warga brought it to light. Depression and suicide are very real issues in today's society and personally I think she does a really good job at describing the hollowness and just hopelessness in these two teenagers.
Aysel (and the rest of her small town) is rocked by a crime her father committed and still feels the impact in her everyday life. She struggles to go through the motions everyday and has given up altogether but she can never quite figure out the physics of leaving the world. Then she meets Roman and they form a suicide pact. Roman is reeling from guilt of loosing a family member at his hands, and he wants nothing more to leave the world behind to those who "deserve it."
When they start to accept and learn about each other throughout the book you can tell the tides are turning and you're rooting for it to happen the whole time. This book is so tragically and hauntingly beautiful to me and I really believe everyone should take time to read it.