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A review by rebeltheflow
The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
5.0
5 stars!
The first chapter will have you lost and tempted to quit but keep reading it’s so worth it! This is a fictionalized memoir about a women with schizophrenia who gets obsessed & delusional-y attached to old art, old folklore, old news clippings, etc. all these stories she thinks, this can’t be a coincidence and hallucinates a character made of all her fixations (maybe). She meets a women (maybe in July maybe in November) who is maybe a siren & maybe a werewolf but definitely a ghost (except maybe not a ghost). Yeah if you can tell it gets confusing and a bit difficult to read, but it’s an accurate and interesting portrayal of the mixed realities and false memories often found in people living with schizophrenia. I personally am diagnosed with schizophrenia and found it to be written tastefully though I’m not sure if the author is actually diagnosed or not.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The first chapter will have you lost and tempted to quit but keep reading it’s so worth it! This is a fictionalized memoir about a women with schizophrenia who gets obsessed & delusional-y attached to old art, old folklore, old news clippings, etc. all these stories she thinks, this can’t be a coincidence and hallucinates a character made of all her fixations (maybe). She meets a women (maybe in July maybe in November) who is maybe a siren & maybe a werewolf but definitely a ghost (except maybe not a ghost). Yeah if you can tell it gets confusing and a bit difficult to read, but it’s an accurate and interesting portrayal of the mixed realities and false memories often found in people living with schizophrenia. I personally am diagnosed with schizophrenia and found it to be written tastefully though I’m not sure if the author is actually diagnosed or not.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Transphobia and Death of parent