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Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall
3.0

*Trigger Warning: anxiety, depression, OCD, agoraphobia and self-harm - I think that's all of them.

There is not much plot to this and it's predictable, but still read ahead at your own risk of some spoilers. Even with what I am about to say, it was an interesting read and a new insight into mental illness.

It sounds harsh to wish worse upon a character. However, I feel the true pain, fear and sadness mental illnesses can cause to someone weren't explored. Don't get me wrong, there was some text I found truly difficult to read, mostly being the self-harm. And I know it would be unreasonable to expect every issue to be deeply explored.
To the point... I felt some scenes were washed over too quickly and spoke about too metaphorically, losing the reader from the moment. Especially for those who may not have ever suffered from a mental illness, I feel this book doesn't educate enough.
And that was the point wasn't it? To educate. This book clearly isn't suitable / safe for everyone to read. But for those who do, I felt more could have been understood.

Also, actual plot wise, not much happened, it could have done with another 100 pages just for some actual story line to be put in there. There was a big dead end, that seemed like it would be something then wasn't.

Nora has been left in a good place - however, it is because of Luke - the love interest. If something were to happen between the,, she would break. I can knowingly say this, as I read it happen when they stopped speaking for 2 weeks and she got really bad. It's a bad and dangerous message to give that you or those closest to you can't save yourself, only a love interest.

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