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A review by juusosalmi_
The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg
3.0
Trigger Warnings: suicidal ideation, suicide, fatphobia
"A lot of his live is lived in his head, he realizes, which makes it all more ironic that he is, as of today, diseased in the head"
From page 49. This quote really resonated with me. I used to spend (and still do) a lot of my time imagining and playing with my mind, so the thought that depression has made my mind my biggest enemy, is terrifying.
The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg is a wonderful book about mental illness. The Bridge centers around Tillie and Aaron (but also those in their lives) and it has been separated into 4 distinct parts. Every part somehow leads to both of them standing on George Washington Bridge meaning to take their lives. After that, we go through four possible ways of things happening and four different endings...
In the first one, Aaron sees Tillie jump to her death, but decides to stay.
In the second one, Tillie sees Aaron jump to his death, but decides to stay.
In the third one, they both jump.
And in the fourth one they decide to both stay.
This was pretty touching story about mental healt (or rather mental illness, yes there is a huge difference!) but honestly I found the afterwords the most touching. However I found this to be realistic story and honestly Bill Konigsber managed to write (probably through his own experience) one of the best describtion (atleast, to me!) on depression. I seek books about depression, to understand myself better but also to see how other may feel. This book had possibly representation on depression, that managed to be the closest to my own experience (not necessarily saiying, that representation is automatically bad if I have different experience!)
Also, when I first heard of this book, I thought it would be about how selfish depression is and how someone who kills themselves is a terrible person and leaves those who love him grieving, but I was curious to see if it actually is that. Glad to say, it wasn't! It shows what may bring someone to these thoughts and it does show the aftermath of suicide but on a very respectful way!
The last part was also beautiful! I thought it would be about both of them just mystically not being depressed, but it was (atleast, to me) more about seeking help before it is too late! I truly adored that message!
"A lot of his live is lived in his head, he realizes, which makes it all more ironic that he is, as of today, diseased in the head"
From page 49. This quote really resonated with me. I used to spend (and still do) a lot of my time imagining and playing with my mind, so the thought that depression has made my mind my biggest enemy, is terrifying.
The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg is a wonderful book about mental illness. The Bridge centers around Tillie and Aaron (but also those in their lives) and it has been separated into 4 distinct parts. Every part somehow leads to both of them standing on George Washington Bridge meaning to take their lives. After that, we go through four possible ways of things happening and four different endings...
In the first one, Aaron sees Tillie jump to her death, but decides to stay.
In the second one, Tillie sees Aaron jump to his death, but decides to stay.
In the third one, they both jump.
And in the fourth one they decide to both stay.
This was pretty touching story about mental healt (or rather mental illness, yes there is a huge difference!) but honestly I found the afterwords the most touching. However I found this to be realistic story and honestly Bill Konigsber managed to write (probably through his own experience) one of the best describtion (atleast, to me!) on depression. I seek books about depression, to understand myself better but also to see how other may feel. This book had possibly representation on depression, that managed to be the closest to my own experience (not necessarily saiying, that representation is automatically bad if I have different experience!)
Also, when I first heard of this book, I thought it would be about how selfish depression is and how someone who kills themselves is a terrible person and leaves those who love him grieving, but I was curious to see if it actually is that. Glad to say, it wasn't! It shows what may bring someone to these thoughts and it does show the aftermath of suicide but on a very respectful way!
The last part was also beautiful! I thought it would be about both of them just mystically not being depressed, but it was (atleast, to me) more about seeking help before it is too late! I truly adored that message!