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411 reviews for:
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
Kate Fagan
4.2 AVERAGE
411 reviews for:
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
Kate Fagan
4.2 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
What Made Maddy Run investigates the death by suicide of Penn track athlete Maddison Holleran during her freshman year of college. Columnist for ESPN, author Kate Fagan interviews Maddy's family and friends piecing together what happened the few weeks and month prior to Maddy's death.
Though it's clear the author is writing from a place of compassion and understanding, this book isn't very good. The structure of the book was wonky and was a few hundred pages longer than it needed to be. The author argues that schools need to stock more psychologists for athletes and students, they do, and that the "Split Image" of our social media and personal lives is harmful, it is. However, that's about all she says and doesn't talk about these topics in enough depth.
I'd just recommend reading this article instead of the book: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12833146/instagram-account-university-pennsylvania-runner-showed-only-part-story
Though it's clear the author is writing from a place of compassion and understanding, this book isn't very good. The structure of the book was wonky and was a few hundred pages longer than it needed to be. The author argues that schools need to stock more psychologists for athletes and students, they do, and that the "Split Image" of our social media and personal lives is harmful, it is. However, that's about all she says and doesn't talk about these topics in enough depth.
I'd just recommend reading this article instead of the book: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12833146/instagram-account-university-pennsylvania-runner-showed-only-part-story
emotional
sad
This book is tragic, eye-opening, and unfortunately all too real for athletes and college students across the country. I found the author's personally reflective chapters interruptive but understand the necessity. I am sad for Maddy's family & friends to have lived through the tragedy and beyond.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide
Minor: Eating disorder, Grief
emotional
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
such a good account of the battle of mental health, and the tragic consequences that can follow
This “book” was basically a bunch of emails and text messages that were pulled together to create a timeline and then written word for word. Not good. This subject has been told in a much warmer, loving way. This was simply a technical report about one person’s road to suicide. And the author inserting her own story to parallel Mandy’s just didn’t flow or fit for me. Too forced.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
informative
sad
This isn’t a book about suicide. This is a book about mental health, specifically Maddy Holleran’s struggle with mental health. Woven throughout the book, information is presented about social media, perfectionism, capitalism, success, and pressures young people face from the time they are born. I found the book to have helpful information in dealing with our own three kids - 16, 18, and 21. This is a highly recommended read for mature 7th graders and up.