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A review by leclerc
This Winter by Alice Oseman
4.0
This is my one of my favourite novellas of Alice's so far.
I loved seeing the dynamics and relationships between the Spring siblings in this novel. It was really beautiful to see, how they got each other's backs.
Once again Alice portrayed Charlie's struggles in a good and real way which made it more enjoyable to read. He is very relatable, and I feel a lot with him, so it's comforting to see your mental illness being careful but real portrayed. And I loved that Alice acknowledged that inpatient care can be both harmful and necessary depending on the circumstances.
One quote that stuck with me and reminded me of my own relationship with my mum was.
"Half of the time you refuse to even acknowledge that I have a fucking mental illness and the other half you try as hard as possible to make me feel like I'm the last person you ever wanted as a child." This hit way to close to home.
I loved seeing the dynamics and relationships between the Spring siblings in this novel. It was really beautiful to see, how they got each other's backs.
Once again Alice portrayed Charlie's struggles in a good and real way which made it more enjoyable to read. He is very relatable, and I feel a lot with him, so it's comforting to see your mental illness being careful but real portrayed. And I loved that Alice acknowledged that inpatient care can be both harmful and necessary depending on the circumstances.
One quote that stuck with me and reminded me of my own relationship with my mum was.
"Half of the time you refuse to even acknowledge that I have a fucking mental illness and the other half you try as hard as possible to make me feel like I'm the last person you ever wanted as a child." This hit way to close to home.