A nice depressing look into depression.

Zoe obviously deals with the dreaded thing of depression, worst of it the kind that makes you have suicidal thoughts. This subject matter isn't easy to talk about, because these very real thoughts process through each brain different, making you feel and do things, and it's not always easy to say why.

I think Zoe's clever use of her wild art works in her favor. Drawing weird faces over people (Similar to Pun Pun Manga) and also having the narrative go all over the place, making it really feel like you're inside her mind just like your inside your own with various thoughts. The art is the strongest part of the story, helping convey her very real and very scary thoughts of killing herself.

And in doing so it gives a bleak look into a young person who is just starting to find herself, and the circumstances she's under having these thoughts. I myself have had thoughts not too far from this, maybe I was a bit older, but they were there. It doesn't always take a traumatic event for people to have thoughts of wanting things to end, permanently , and Zoe doesn't shy away from that.

Overall you have to be in the right mindset to read this. In my life I'm in a pretty good place, and so reading this I can appreciate her honesty while also not feeling myself going back to that part in my life. I hope Zoe keeps trying to push forward, as I do enjoy her art and her writing.

I don't know if she'll ever read this or not, but for anyone struggling with the feeling of wanting to stay alive, please reach out to someone, even a stranger. You matter. No matter what.