Interesting take on metal illness. Bell Jar is still in my to-read list and I will check out Matt Haig (although I read How to Stop Time and enjoyed it - somewhat). We also have authors like Philip K. Dick, who lived with mental illness (caused by excessive use of drugs) and was totally aware of the fact that he could be mentally ill. He channelled his problems to his fiction and wrote SF masterpieces which always had an uncanniness that could not always be explained by the plot (see Ubik, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch or in fact any book by Dick)
Thank you for sharing! The Bell Jar is one of my favorites - it's definitely worth a read.
And we'll have to check out those titles you mentioned!
Of course, there are as many interpretations and experiences of mental illness in this world as there are people (if not more), and even though I didn't like The Midnight Library, there are many who loved it and found meaning in it.
Interesting take on metal illness. Bell Jar is still in my to-read list and I will check out Matt Haig (although I read How to Stop Time and enjoyed it - somewhat). We also have authors like Philip K. Dick, who lived with mental illness (caused by excessive use of drugs) and was totally aware of the fact that he could be mentally ill. He channelled his problems to his fiction and wrote SF masterpieces which always had an uncanniness that could not always be explained by the plot (see Ubik, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch or in fact any book by Dick)
Thank you for sharing! The Bell Jar is one of my favorites - it's definitely worth a read.
And we'll have to check out those titles you mentioned!
Of course, there are as many interpretations and experiences of mental illness in this world as there are people (if not more), and even though I didn't like The Midnight Library, there are many who loved it and found meaning in it.
- Shruti