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simonlorden 's review for:
The Origins of Heartbreak
by Cara Malone
No.
Main reason for my rating: There was a big storyline about how Alex started taking antidepressants after her Dad died and they made her completely numb to the point that she can't feel emotions or sexual desire, and once she leaves the meds she "feels like her old self again" and now she can finally have sex with Megan, and it was just pissing me off. That is not how antidepressants are supposed to work. They are supposed to make you feel better, and if they're making you numb, that is likely a sign that the specific medicine isn't good for you and you should try another one.
I am one of those people who could really use meds for my depression, but my mother is against it because she's afraid it would just make me numb, so this stereotype and depiction and anti-medicine stance is just harmful.
Otherwise, I just really wasn't feeling the characters, and towards the end the author threw in the old miscommunication/forced kiss trope where one character catches the other kissing someone else even though it was a forced kiss and then Drama Happens. It just wasn't fun to read at all.
Main reason for my rating: There was a big storyline about how Alex started taking antidepressants after her Dad died and they made her completely numb to the point that she can't feel emotions or sexual desire, and once she leaves the meds she "feels like her old self again" and now she can finally have sex with Megan, and it was just pissing me off. That is not how antidepressants are supposed to work. They are supposed to make you feel better, and if they're making you numb, that is likely a sign that the specific medicine isn't good for you and you should try another one.
I am one of those people who could really use meds for my depression, but my mother is against it because she's afraid it would just make me numb, so this stereotype and depiction and anti-medicine stance is just harmful.
Otherwise, I just really wasn't feeling the characters, and towards the end the author threw in the old miscommunication/forced kiss trope where one character catches the other kissing someone else even though it was a forced kiss and then Drama Happens. It just wasn't fun to read at all.