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Miki Dimitrova
Aug 26, 2024 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Wow. Some of the best writing ever written. Sentences striking like bullets.

It moved me towards life despite - and through - the darkness.

I wish we had more of SP and she had had more. But I find it reassuring(?) that at least her heroine will continue to be
as we descend and ascend with her every time we get lost in the pages.

(Not here for the occasional racism though, which was entirely unnecessary and jarring and had nothing to do with the topics discussed, so the «it’s a product of its time
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Margot
I loved this book. Even though a few small passages felt long and lost my attention (I was listening to the audio book) I enjoyed most of the book very much. It is well writen and I felt a lot of sadness for the author, but also for every person living with mental illness. So much suffering must feel unbearable and needs professional and competent people to help.
Sarah
Feb 18, 2013 rated it really liked it
Angela
Feb 19, 2013 marked it as to-read
Randee
Mar 01, 2013 rated it it was ok
Lisa
Mar 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Cthulhu Youth
Oct 25, 2020 rated it it was ok
Pam
May 29, 2013 rated it liked it
Mary
Jul 08, 2013 rated it really liked it
Pip
Aug 04, 2013 marked it as to-read
Sonja
Nov 19, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Dana
Dec 04, 2013 marked it as to-read
M.K. Pagano
May 16, 2014 added it
Shelves: adult
Sarah
Apr 05, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: feminist
Fictional
Jan 08, 2019 rated it really liked it
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Briana
Sep 22, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Melissa Peters
May 29, 2015 rated it liked it
Shelbs
Sep 10, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Cian
Jun 19, 2021 rated it really liked it
Molly Krueger
May 12, 2017 rated it really liked it
Kollin (bird)
Sep 22, 2016 marked it as 1951-1999-fiction-to-read
Lana Winter
Jan 09, 2017 marked it as to-read
Gina
Feb 12, 2017 marked it as to-read
Alex B
Apr 11, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition