bella188 's review for:

Medicine Man by Saffron A. Kent

4.0

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4 ☆

“It isn’t his fault that I’m slowly going insane and it has nothing to do with my illness, and everything to do with him, the man who’s supposed to fix me. My medicine man.”

‧⁺˖✧ Song: Watercolor Eyes by Lana Del Ray

Perhaps this book wasn’t the best choice for me to read at this point in my life, but I decided to go ahead with it anyway. It’s primarily focused on mental health and I’ve never come across anything like it before, and I enjoyed it.

This book is centered around the character of Willow Taylor, who spends a significant amount of time receiving treatment and care in a mental institution. During her stay, she encounters a new doctor by the name of Dr. Simon Blackwood, who quickly becomes the object of her infatuation and attention. As the story progresses, Willow’s fixation on the doctor continues to intensify, becoming the primary focus of her thoughts and actions.

⋆⋅⋆⋄Willow at the beginning of the book Willow does not want to be at Heartstone, she believes that she is if and that The Roof Incident was one thing. Willow of course does not get it leave.

“Tell them that I wasn’t crazy.”

Willow loves to make up things in her head, as well as tell those things to others around her. She also enjoys Harry Potter( it’s literally her whole personality) and likes the rain. She does not like doctors. I have rarely ever related to a charter about mental health and how they deal with it.

“Is it creepy to cry for the crush who doesn’t want you back? Maybe. But then, I’ve always been a little weird. So there.”

⋆⋅⋆⋄Dr. Simon Blackwood is an asshole. Now that doesn’t mean that I don’t like him, it’s who he is. He has a lot of trauma from when he was younger. And he only became a doctor to be better than his father, who is also a doctor. I will say from what we see of his dad that he is better than him.

“He’s the fixer, isn’t he? He likes to fix things. Broken houses. Broken minds.”

I enjoyed this book but I would say beware of the context of this book as well as the things that happen in it if depression is a hard topic for you.