A review by sammy234
Margarettown by Gabrielle Zevin
4.0
“The casualties seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again.”
After a bit of the thought, I've decided to give this book four stars. It's sad, funny, extremely weird, and the romance sometimes felt a bit one-sided (Margaret was built up to be this almost mythological figure in the narrator's mind, while in her mind she just calls him "my husband" and he doesn't even have a name) but I loved this compassionate, honest portrayal of a woman dealing with mental illness so much that I think it deserves a high rating, despite the story's innate strangeness. If you don't like magical realism, you'll probably hate this book. It's hard to differentiate between reality and unreality in this story, but I felt I mostly understood what had occurred by the time I got to the last page, so I personally thought it was worth the read.
TW: self harm, suicidal ideation, depression
After a bit of the thought, I've decided to give this book four stars. It's sad, funny, extremely weird, and the romance sometimes felt a bit one-sided (Margaret was built up to be this almost mythological figure in the narrator's mind, while in her mind she just calls him "my husband" and he doesn't even have a name) but I loved this compassionate, honest portrayal of a woman dealing with mental illness so much that I think it deserves a high rating, despite the story's innate strangeness. If you don't like magical realism, you'll probably hate this book. It's hard to differentiate between reality and unreality in this story, but I felt I mostly understood what had occurred by the time I got to the last page, so I personally thought it was worth the read.
TW: self harm, suicidal ideation, depression