A review by whatsrossreading
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I almost didn’t finish the book. It didn’t feel like a good representation of mental illness, and it crawled at a snails pace. But those last 100 pages hit me like a ton of bricks. 
I’m 24, and I worried I wouldn’t be able to identify with Martha. I was so very wrong: Mason tells her story from 17 on, sometimes capturing exactly how it feels to live with mental illness. How it affects relationships and how working hard at being normal-adjacent is. If you read this, know that the ending, however open ended it is, is worth it 
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