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A review by ameserole
The Lost Language of Crazy by Pamela L. Laskin
3.0
I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The Lost Language of Crazy was an interesting book to dive into. It definitely dove into mental health/illness but it also dove into a person's identity. After meeting Penny, it was pretty obvious how unique she was. I've never known someone who would choose a new name for them whenever they wanted. So I really thought it was pretty interesting and I wanted to get to know her more.
I honestly wasn't expecting so much representation throughout this book. I liked how we dove into schizophrenia. Especially when we dove into her visiting her mother. Other than that, I liked her found family in a way. It was refreshing how everyone she surrounded herself with just went with the new name change like that. Zero hesitation whatsoever.
Then once she goes into selective mutism, well, her friends try to do anything to get her to speak. Even her own dad did. They missed her being her and didn't really know what to do. Eventually she did speak but I liked how no one truly gave up on her no matter what.
In the end, I did end up liking the book. I just think some of the book got jumbled up for me but I'm sure there was a reason for how it was written those ways. I'll definitely have to dive into this again when it's less hectic in my life. Maybe I'll see it in a different light.
The Lost Language of Crazy was an interesting book to dive into. It definitely dove into mental health/illness but it also dove into a person's identity. After meeting Penny, it was pretty obvious how unique she was. I've never known someone who would choose a new name for them whenever they wanted. So I really thought it was pretty interesting and I wanted to get to know her more.
I honestly wasn't expecting so much representation throughout this book. I liked how we dove into schizophrenia. Especially when we dove into her visiting her mother. Other than that, I liked her found family in a way. It was refreshing how everyone she surrounded herself with just went with the new name change like that. Zero hesitation whatsoever.
Then once she goes into selective mutism, well, her friends try to do anything to get her to speak. Even her own dad did. They missed her being her and didn't really know what to do. Eventually she did speak but I liked how no one truly gave up on her no matter what.
In the end, I did end up liking the book. I just think some of the book got jumbled up for me but I'm sure there was a reason for how it was written those ways. I'll definitely have to dive into this again when it's less hectic in my life. Maybe I'll see it in a different light.