Review of 'Schizo' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This is a fascinating journey into a schizophrenic mind. The descent into psychosis is intense and such a masterful slide into crisis. I really liked it until the last 20% of the book. Reasons are below the spoilers line below.
Also, there was no need to use the t*y slur. Even in 2014, people knew that's a slur.
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As a parent and sister of schizophrenic people, I felt the solution was too pat. It gives great hope, but is far too rosy for the real world. Not just the reaction to the new meds at the end, which completely clear up all symptoms within 24 hours, but also the in-patient experience at the hospital, which was all sunshine and roses. So. Not. Real. Schizophrenia is serious, very hard to treat, and very rarely do people live completely symptom and side-effect free. I know it's fiction. …
This is a fascinating journey into a schizophrenic mind. The descent into psychosis is intense and such a masterful slide into crisis. I really liked it until the last 20% of the book. Reasons are below the spoilers line below.
Also, there was no need to use the t*y slur. Even in 2014, people knew that's a slur.
* spoilers****
As a parent and sister of schizophrenic people, I felt the solution was too pat. It gives great hope, but is far too rosy for the real world. Not just the reaction to the new meds at the end, which completely clear up all symptoms within 24 hours, but also the in-patient experience at the hospital, which was all sunshine and roses. So. Not. Real. Schizophrenia is serious, very hard to treat, and very rarely do people live completely symptom and side-effect free. I know it's fiction. I know it's YA fiction, and therefore designed to be rosy. It felt like romance novels feel. Completely divorced from reality. Like the book had a schizophrenic break itself.
