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The Million Pieces of Neena Gill
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bookshelves: content-warning-see-text, dealing-with-grief, diverse-characters-represented, drugs, engaging-storyline, family, gripping, high-school, mental-health, mystery, young-adult-book
Jun 07, 2020
bookshelves: content-warning-see-text, dealing-with-grief, diverse-characters-represented, drugs, engaging-storyline, family, gripping, high-school, mental-health, mystery, young-adult-book
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A very good book about a girl dealing with mental illness. As a reader it becomes quite intense as Neena increasingly experiences psychotic episodes. You become unsure about what is real or imagined along with her. The tension was built up slowly enough that initially you felt she was an unreasonable and egocentric teenager, but as she becomes more paranoid and irrational you realise her mental health is spiralling downwards. I found myself quite drawn to her as a character as her voice felt very authentic. It was also interesting to read about how her Pakistani culture impacted how her illness was dealt with, and also the cultural pressures she perceived to exist from her parents. There was also some beautiful writing in the book. A very moving book about dealing with loss, anxiety and mental illness.
A very good book about a girl dealing with mental illness. As a reader it becomes quite intense as Neena increasingly experiences psychotic episodes. You become unsure about what is real or imagined along with her. The tension was built up slowly enough that initially you felt she was an unreasonable and egocentric teenager, but as she becomes more paranoid and irrational you realise her mental health is spiralling downwards. I found myself quite drawn to her as a character as her voice felt very authentic. It was also interesting to read about how her Pakistani culture impacted how her illness was dealt with, and also the cultural pressures she perceived to exist from her parents. There was also some beautiful writing in the book. A very moving book about dealing with loss, anxiety and mental illness.
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Reading Progress
June 3, 2020
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Started Reading
June 3, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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50.0%
"Wow. That was a well written scene of someone losing their grip on reality and feeling anxious and distressed."
June 7, 2020
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content-warning-see-text
June 7, 2020
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dealing-with-grief
June 7, 2020
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diverse-characters-represented
June 7, 2020
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drugs
June 7, 2020
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engaging-storyline
June 7, 2020
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family
June 7, 2020
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gripping
June 7, 2020
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high-school
June 7, 2020
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mental-health
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mystery
June 7, 2020
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young-adult-book
June 7, 2020
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Finished Reading
