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penelope_bloom 's review for:
Glitterland
by Alexis Hall
Where do I begin with this review? Thinking of it warms my cold, dead heart. This book had it all. A precious, loveable, glittery love interest with an admirable and reasonable sense of self. A beautiful and unsanitized description of living with mental illness, including how to ultimately co-exist with the lifelong nature of said mental illness. A dark sense of humor. I love this book so much. It would have made me cry tears of joy if it were not for the aforementioned cold, dead heart. I had a bit of a hard time with the Essex accent but that's because I am a trashy American. I think the accent was important in painting a picture of Darian so I'm here for it, despite aforementioned American trashiness. I have so much more I'd like to say, but I'm no Alexis Hall and cannot do this beautiful book justice in written form, so I'll stop here. It's not for everyone - the depictions of mental illness could be a little intense for some, I'm sure, but if you are in a place to handle these depictions, it's well worth the read.