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Book: Good Enough

Author: Gemma Donoghue

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 4.5/5

Recommended For...: contemporary fans, ya readers

Publication Date: March 3, 2020

Genre: YA Contemporary

Recommended Age: 16+ (suicide TW, romance, slight gore and violence)

Publisher: Indie Published

Pages: 273

Synopsis: Ten facts about myself.

1. My name is Simon Baker.
2. I'm seventeen years old.
3. I have two sisters. Jessica, who's fourteen and Bailey who's twelve.
4. My parents aren't divorced, they're still together.
5. We live in a nice two-story house in a nice neighborhood.
6. My parents don't do drugs, they don't even drink that often, and neither do I.
7. My parents have never hit us, they've never kept us locked up in the basement or kicked us out of the house.
8. No one has ever touched me in the wrong place.
9. I've been to parties and I've been in a few fights but never over anything serious.
10. I didn't try to kill myself.


Except that Simon wakes up to find that his parents have had him committed to Palmdale Psychiatric Hospital after a failed suicide attempt. Simon wasn't normal and he knew it. He was struggling after losing his best -and only- friend, with being an outcast at school. He tries his best to pretend that everything is okay, but there is still a part of him that he would always keep locked away from everyone else.

Here, Simon meets the other patients and is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety and depression. His healing process has just begun when he meets Oliver, another patient, who changes his life.

Review: For the most part, this was a good book. The book instantly drew me in. The story was intriguing and the characters were well developed. The author has a wonderful writing style and I really loved how beautiful the book was.

The only issues I had were that I wish there was more world building and I wish the book was a bit longer.

Verdict: It was great! Get the tissue box ready!