I read this very quickly and found it a really compelling story. It was easy to get through and once I was invested, I couldn't put the book down. However, I did feel like this romanticized mental illness to some degree. I'm never good at articulating why I feel that why, but the portrayal did make me uncomfortable (though I did find it accurate). For that reason it couldn't be more than a 3 star rating for me. It made me very emotional, but I don't know if that was because of the actual story or just the graphic depictions of self harm.

Overall, I found that this made me uncomfortable, and not in a good way. I think if I'd read this as a teen, it would have hurt more than helped.