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The Notion of (Self)Destructive Behavior
Meet Jessie. A girl with Borderline personality disorder, who also struggles with gender dysphoria. Jessie seeks answers on love, on social norms, on self worth... only to end up questioning her place in this world.
When Jessie is faced with the aspects of love, she greets it sceptically. The expectations of labels and blinding trust turns her world upside down. As she tries to find her way back, her fate is threatened and she realizes, in order to devote her love to someone else she must learn to love herself.
When Jessie is faced with the aspects of love, she greets it sceptically. The expectations of labels and blinding trust turns her world upside down. As she tries to find her way back, her fate is threatened and she realizes, in order to devote her love to someone else she must learn to love herself.
314 pages, Paperback
Published December 4, 2022
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January 9, 2023
This is the second book I have read by this author and I am very impressed again.
It's not a love romance, at least not in the common sense of this genre.
It's Jessie's dramatic love story to (Jessie) herself in first place and her first "real" relationship.
Jessie is 19 and is searching for her identity and building her beliefs.
Not only her likes and dislikes in the society are her biggest concern, but also her sexual preferences make her question her beliefs.
Her whole life till now was a dramatic experience.
The mental condition and self-destructive chaos in her mind caused by her dramatic past and mental illness make her doubt everything and everyone in her life.
The problems described here have a lot to do with Jessie's mental state, but also the problem and doubts that all teenagers and young people are carrying with, without having anyone to talk to about it or just not being able to talk about.
It's a very emotional story that gets under your skin and leaves you reflecting on everything you have read afterward for a very long time.
This book should actually be a must-read for all young women and boys and definitely their parents.
I think we could all learn a lot from Jessie's experiences.
This book, like the first one by this author, speaks about many psychological aspects of our lives.
It's a deeply interesting and absorbing story.
What to expect:
- friends-to-lovers
- beta hero
- trauma
- bisexual hero
- depression
- suicide attempt
It's not a love romance, at least not in the common sense of this genre.
It's Jessie's dramatic love story to (Jessie) herself in first place and her first "real" relationship.
Jessie is 19 and is searching for her identity and building her beliefs.
Not only her likes and dislikes in the society are her biggest concern, but also her sexual preferences make her question her beliefs.
Her whole life till now was a dramatic experience.
The mental condition and self-destructive chaos in her mind caused by her dramatic past and mental illness make her doubt everything and everyone in her life.
The problems described here have a lot to do with Jessie's mental state, but also the problem and doubts that all teenagers and young people are carrying with, without having anyone to talk to about it or just not being able to talk about.
It's a very emotional story that gets under your skin and leaves you reflecting on everything you have read afterward for a very long time.
This book should actually be a must-read for all young women and boys and definitely their parents.
I think we could all learn a lot from Jessie's experiences.
This book, like the first one by this author, speaks about many psychological aspects of our lives.
It's a deeply interesting and absorbing story.
What to expect:
- friends-to-lovers
- beta hero
- trauma
- bisexual hero
- depression
- suicide attempt
January 7, 2024
Jeg ved ikke helt hvordan jeg skal beskrive min oplevelse af bogen andet end 'et piskesmæld'. Da hovedpersonens følelser så vel som scenerene i bogen kunne skifte meget pludseligt. Jeg har været igennem meget af følelses registret i denne bog, men en meget dominerende følelse har været iretesion over hovedpersonens handlinger og tanke mønstre. Bogen berører samtidig nogle emner som kom bagpå mig i forhold til den på forhånd givende information, nogle som faktisk fyldte en hel del.
Jeg har både trangen til at give den flere og færre stjerner, alt efter hvor i bogen jeg befandt mig, og samtidig på en gang, derfor tænkte jeg i første omgang at det nok meget passende at give den 3.
Men... Jeg syndes forfatteren er god til at administrere og balancere bogens handling og derved læserens følelser som de læser den. Og samtidig at fører hovedpersonen i den rigtige retning i et realistisk tempo ud fra handlingen i historien, så selvom der er nogle aspekter af bogen jeg var i tvivl om min følelser omkring. Og selvom jeg er i tvivl om hvad mine endelige følelser omkring bogen er, vælger jeg at give bogen en ekstra stjerne.
Jeg har både trangen til at give den flere og færre stjerner, alt efter hvor i bogen jeg befandt mig, og samtidig på en gang, derfor tænkte jeg i første omgang at det nok meget passende at give den 3.
Men... Jeg syndes forfatteren er god til at administrere og balancere bogens handling og derved læserens følelser som de læser den. Og samtidig at fører hovedpersonen i den rigtige retning i et realistisk tempo ud fra handlingen i historien, så selvom der er nogle aspekter af bogen jeg var i tvivl om min følelser omkring. Og selvom jeg er i tvivl om hvad mine endelige følelser omkring bogen er, vælger jeg at give bogen en ekstra stjerne.
September 17, 2023
I read the second half of the book in one setting. The descriptions, the depictions, the emotions, I couldn’t put it down. Beautifully written about a girl with an all too recognizable voice in her head.
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