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How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox

16 reviews

madicakes's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

bro most confusing book ive ever read. can’t tell if i loved it or hated it tbh

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, and Mental illness

cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book is so beautifully written, it’s like the sadness and awfulness jumps from the page. 
The plot was tragic, but felt so realistic and relatable!
It’s one of those stories where you see it’s going in a devastating direction, Biz is getting more and more derailed, but you can’t do anything but follow her.
Definitely understood it a lot better on my second read though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

lottie1803's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

victoria_bnb's review

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really like the writing. I thought the author accurately represented depressing thoughts and represented what depression can feel like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

telepathyjmin's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

kirb's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

This book focuses on Elizabeth Grey. It talks about mental health, and it goes in depth with it. There are many parts of the book where it shows you how Elizabeth herself sees the world around her and it also shows her feelings she has in the book. The relationships she makes in the book, help her find out more about her

dad. She wants to learn more about him and where he grew up, so she takes a journey with one of her close friends to find out more about him. she ends up having a tragic incident which leads her to stay in a psychiatric hospital. there she meets her bestfriend, but the bestfriend is so shocked with Elizabeth's health, she couldnt take it so she left. she would occasionally send Biz emails and text messages, but Biz wouldn't open them nor respond, because to her Grace was dead. Towards the end of the book she finds happiness and she's glad she went on that adventure. She is happy to be herself again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, and Grief

miiine's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual assault

thebriellle's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Rape, and Vomit

ellaandcoffee's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

imaginefishes's review

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

The book subverts expectations between the 2 main characters, and the

sudden end to Part I felt really shocking and sudden to me (which… makes sense, considering mental illness spells don’t happen at regularly scheduled intervals).

Apart from that, the description of dissociation felt very accurate (from the limited few times I’ve dissociated), and the sort of “depression slump” Biz slipped into resonated with me. I really wished I could go on the same adventures they went on, given my sheltered upbringing in the city. At the same time reading it from Biz’s POV really made me question the reality of the book while at the same time deepening my fear of psychosis. Overall the story is hopeful, but it gets really, really horrible before we get to that point with Biz.