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Kirsten Hacker asked this question about The Midnight Library:
Why are 50% of the reviews from the past couple of days less than three stars, yet this book has an overall rating of 4.31 stars? Is this book a magnet for paid-for reviews while those who spend their hard-earned money on it don't like it?
Adrienne I hate this book because it presents the extremely harmful narrative that you can cure suicidal ideation by just "changing your outlook." Depression a…moreI hate this book because it presents the extremely harmful narrative that you can cure suicidal ideation by just "changing your outlook." Depression and mental illness absolutely do not work like that and it makes me sick to see so many people continue to embrace such a cutesy representation of the disease that cripples my life.(less)
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