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watermelleon's Reviews (254)
I really really loved some of the content in this, and the concept is really something unique, however for some reason this series has just started to feel like a chore for me. the formatting of the sections confused me a bit and I felt a bit lost as to what was actually going on. The only character I really loved was Tommy, but he wasn't always the center point of the story and I was left with characters I couldn't get into. It is probably unlikely that I'll be picking up any more of these.
2 stars for the Oscar Wilde and Bosie erection joke.
2 stars for the Oscar Wilde and Bosie erection joke.
This book is simply incredible.
I do believe that this is definitely not targeted at me, just like Dawson's other success "this book is gay", But I am yet again so unbelievably jealous that this book came into the world after I needed it. I guess I just have to take one for the team on that part, but I am just so deeply amazed that everything I crawled through my teenage years to realize and learn for myself has been put so perfectly into such a short and easy read. This is a book that needs to be in every school and every public library, and it has clear potential not only to drastically save lives, but to prevent issues even occurring in the first place.
As a psychology student, I had not a single complaint about the quality of information presented. not once did I have a moment where I thought "this is overly simplified/incorrect".
Dawson's writing was very frank when came to the subject, offering the perfect tone of humor in conversation, and I really appreciate that.
This is just a book where the benefits are endless. Its so ridiculously simplistic, but it offers the correct amount of information. If a parent was to discover this book in their child's possession, there's a page for advice for parents, which was unexpected for the targeted audience but majorly impressive. A child could read this with mental health issues and understand what help they need and how to receive it, and a child with good mental wellbeing could use this to help them support the people in their lives with mental illness.
Most importantly I believe, this book cleverly normalizes the fact that everyone has good days and bad days, and illnesses come and go. It is honest, but it debrands mental health from all the stigma going around these days. This book is singlehandedly a tool to help a new generation learn and understand mental illness, and I am just so happy that something like this finally exists.
I do believe that this is definitely not targeted at me, just like Dawson's other success "this book is gay", But I am yet again so unbelievably jealous that this book came into the world after I needed it. I guess I just have to take one for the team on that part, but I am just so deeply amazed that everything I crawled through my teenage years to realize and learn for myself has been put so perfectly into such a short and easy read. This is a book that needs to be in every school and every public library, and it has clear potential not only to drastically save lives, but to prevent issues even occurring in the first place.
As a psychology student, I had not a single complaint about the quality of information presented. not once did I have a moment where I thought "this is overly simplified/incorrect".
Dawson's writing was very frank when came to the subject, offering the perfect tone of humor in conversation, and I really appreciate that.
This is just a book where the benefits are endless. Its so ridiculously simplistic, but it offers the correct amount of information. If a parent was to discover this book in their child's possession, there's a page for advice for parents, which was unexpected for the targeted audience but majorly impressive. A child could read this with mental health issues and understand what help they need and how to receive it, and a child with good mental wellbeing could use this to help them support the people in their lives with mental illness.
Most importantly I believe, this book cleverly normalizes the fact that everyone has good days and bad days, and illnesses come and go. It is honest, but it debrands mental health from all the stigma going around these days. This book is singlehandedly a tool to help a new generation learn and understand mental illness, and I am just so happy that something like this finally exists.
this read very beautifully. Its pretty much what you would expect to come from McEwan, and was a nice short read. It's the first libretto I've ever read, so I can't confidently comment on how well it was written in terms of that but I had no complaints as a casual reader. As it was short it did lack a little bit of depth and possibly suffered a bit in terms of originality, but for anyone who enjoys McEwan it's a lovely one to flick through.
