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A review by bmeh13
Four Weeks, Five People by Jennifer Yu
3.0
[DISCLAIMER: I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway]
I really enjoyed how this book dealt with mental illnesses and it felt very authentic to me. I also appreciated that the author seemed to have actually done research into various mental illnesses instead of just writing a book based on how anxiety and depression are depicted in the media. Some of the character development felt incomplete, like they didn't really make progress, however they did feel very fleshed out and well developed. It felt unnecessarily long considering it was pretty much a novel-length character study and there was hardly any plot, but the characters were enjoyable and I liked that you could form your own opinions about them/their actions.
Overall, I felt that this book dealt with its subject matter excellently and with great respect, however it was a little too long for me considering not much really happened.
I really enjoyed how this book dealt with mental illnesses and it felt very authentic to me. I also appreciated that the author seemed to have actually done research into various mental illnesses instead of just writing a book based on how anxiety and depression are depicted in the media. Some of the character development felt incomplete, like they didn't really make progress, however they did feel very fleshed out and well developed. It felt unnecessarily long considering it was pretty much a novel-length character study and there was hardly any plot, but the characters were enjoyable and I liked that you could form your own opinions about them/their actions.
Overall, I felt that this book dealt with its subject matter excellently and with great respect, however it was a little too long for me considering not much really happened.