A review by bella_mckinnon
My Friend Fox by Heidi Everett

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Being mentally ill, having experienced the fairly monolithic and dreaded psych ward, knowing nothing other than that I do not belong, this book meant a lot to me. I have bpd, depression, ptsd, CPTSD, anxiety, the lot. I’ve had delusions before, I’ve known always the stark isolation from all that is and yet is not around me, for all my life. From my first moments of realising myself, I have known I was the other. This book means so, so very much to me. I feel incredibly seen. I felt seen in The Bell Jar, but this, it expounds upon those experiences and is it’s own wholly unique, beautiful, poetic story. A tragedy until it doesn’t have to be. Beautiful story. Stayed up all night to read it, fell asleep once I couldn’t force my eyes open anymore, then finished it as soon as I came back to consciousness. Amazing book.