PositiveQuill & Quire (CAN)Henick frankly lays out his adolescent trauma and instability that resulted in a series of suicide attempts and multiple visits to the psychiatric ward ... The author isn’t shy about detailing the emotional mindset of standing on the precipice of taking his own life, and he also strives to expose the inconsistent treatment of mental illness and the various unsatisfactory ways we, as a collective, talk about mental illness in adolescents ... Throughout the book, Henick turns to metaphor as a way to illustrate his mental state ... The technique proves useful in anchoring the author’s memories of depression ... His memoir might particularly help readers living with mental-health issues to recognize patterns of depression, put words to emotions that feel indescribable, and bring into focus both useful and unhelpful medical and therapeutic techniques.
