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Most of the bad reviews complain about misleading hype and a shallow treatment of a serious problem. Depression is caused by regrets? Rather simplistic, doncha think?
One, this is a fiction book, it's not meant to be the answer/fix to depression. When I was suicidal it was because I was in so much chronic pain that I couldn't imagine living the rest of my life like that. Learning not to regret things would not have helped. But it doesn't mean it is a bad message, I think the message is more like, the grass is not always greener on the other side. Just because the book wouldn't have helped me back then doesn't mean that other people would also not find the book helpful. Also the author had no control over the 'hype'. When Frozen first came out, people lOvEd the movie. I saw it later, and I though it was just eh, which many other people agreed. Did Disney go out and pay people to say it was great? Yes, advertisers and such, but the average person? I don't think so, this is a fairly common phenomenon. Goodreads is owned by Amazon, which do shady things, so it wouldn't surprise me if they messed with stuff. I'm just not sure why this book is so important to you to go out and vilify. It's not the author/books fault that this happened, it's just a symptom of a much larger problem (like most things in life).
I completely relate to the main character and love this book.
I agree with ALL of you, If you read his memoir "Reasons to Stay Alive", you'll realize that his depression was very real. He writes very candidly about it as it pertains to his experience.
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Most of the bad reviews complain about misleading hype and a shallow treatment of a serious problem. Depression is caused by regrets? Rather simplistic, doncha think?
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One, this is a fiction book, it's not meant to be the answer/fix to depression. When I was suicidal it was because I was in so much chronic pain that I couldn't imagine living the rest of my life like that. Learning not to regret things would not have helped. But it doesn't mean it is a bad message, I think the message is more like, the grass is not always greener on the other side. Just because the book wouldn't have helped me back then doesn't mean that other people would also not find the book helpful. Also the author had no control over the 'hype'. When Frozen first came out, people lOvEd the movie. I saw it later, and I though it was just eh, which many other people agreed. Did Disney go out and pay people to say it was great? Yes, advertisers and such, but the average person? I don't think so, this is a fairly common phenomenon. Goodreads is owned by Amazon, which do shady things, so it wouldn't surprise me if they messed with stuff. I'm just not sure why this book is so important to you to go out and vilify. It's not the author/books fault that this happened, it's just a symptom of a much larger problem (like most things in life).
I completely relate to the main character and love this book.
I agree with ALL of you, If you read his memoir "Reasons to Stay Alive", you'll realize that his depression was very real. He writes very candidly about it as it pertains to his experience.
