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A review by 13alyssa
Charlie, Forever and Ever by Natalie Sierra
5.0
This book was a trippppp.
It takes you on such an intense and satisfying ride.
Throughout you are accompanied by feelings of dread, hope, despair but the important part is— you are feeling.
The story follows Charlie, a young and hopeful scientist who views the world differently than others but who is starting to show positive symptoms of schizophrenia. She falls into a whirlwind romance with a young tech mogul who pulls her into his world but all the while we get flashes of Charlie’s inner life, how she got here.
It’s beautifully written in prose and there were lines I found myself reading over and over again for I wanted to memorize them, burn them into me.
Sierra captures something so intricate and little known in her debut novel, a woman, working in tech and struggling with mental illness in the 90s. She weaves an expert tale about love, loss, science, and our futures. I’m in awe, it’s a book I didn’t know I needed in my life.
Highly recommend.
It takes you on such an intense and satisfying ride.
Throughout you are accompanied by feelings of dread, hope, despair but the important part is— you are feeling.
The story follows Charlie, a young and hopeful scientist who views the world differently than others but who is starting to show positive symptoms of schizophrenia. She falls into a whirlwind romance with a young tech mogul who pulls her into his world but all the while we get flashes of Charlie’s inner life, how she got here.
It’s beautifully written in prose and there were lines I found myself reading over and over again for I wanted to memorize them, burn them into me.
Sierra captures something so intricate and little known in her debut novel, a woman, working in tech and struggling with mental illness in the 90s. She weaves an expert tale about love, loss, science, and our futures. I’m in awe, it’s a book I didn’t know I needed in my life.
Highly recommend.