Jeanne answers “So I am just getting to the point in this...”

Margie asked this question about Normal People:

So I am just getting to the point in this where Marianne has started to eat less and less, fixating on her food and savouring it. Essentially, it reads like she's moving towards anorexia if she hasn't already. Without giving too much away, does it have a happier ending? Does she get therapy? I know too many people with severe mental health problems in real life to want to read further if it doesn't :(

Jeanne My problem with the book is that I also know a lot of people with similar mental health problems, spectrum disorders, anxiety, etc. I guess that means…moreMy problem with the book is that I also know a lot of people with similar mental health problems, spectrum disorders, anxiety, etc. I guess that means the title Normal People is apt but it also made for a very dreary read. It was like so what? So she is miserable and unable to find her way out and he becomes miserable (you wonder if maybe he should have never met her) and then what? The ending is more of the same. They sort of reach a balance, but really they both seemed to me to be addicted to misery.(less)

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