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Forney personalizes Bipolar Disorder in this book, which is great, and, in her hands, entertaining. She describes her life not realizing what was going on with her. how it impacted her both before she was aware, and once she knew what was going on. But, the central issue is her struggle with how treatment--especially medications, would affect her work. Ultimately realizing that her romanticized version of Bipolar Disorder--coming up with great ideas in certain periods, and being able to utilize those ideas during other periods--wasn't really true, Forney decides that gaining a bit of balance in her life might actually be a good thing. This is a great resource for professionals, and for those dealing with Bipolar Disorder, as welll as an excellent tool for the "layperson" who wants to understand how it all works. Forney approaches the work trying to answer her own, personal questions, which makes it that much more universal in its applications and appeal.

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.5

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4.0

For my first graphic novel ever, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this memoir. In short, the story is the author's journey of living with bipolar I disorder as she goes through different medications and tries to maintain both a healthy lifestyle and still remain the creative cartoonist that she is. It was intriguing, educational, and very entertaining.

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