A review by jaclynday
Descent: A Memoir of Madness by David Guterson

4.0

This short, inexpensive ($3) Kindle Single is worth reading. Guterson sinks into severe depression after 9/11 and explores each facet of the journey: from the trigger, to the initial suspicions, to suicidal thoughts, to therapy and medication. He’s a fantastic writer. Depression is always described in the same cliches: dark cloud, withdrawal, loss of interest. Finally! Someone has found a way to really discuss depression and how it feels. It was an emotional thing for me to read. I caught myself thinking “thank you for describing that so well” pretty often.