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A review by dame_samara
The Sea Is Salt and So Am I by Cassandra Hartt
4.0
THEY ALL NEED THERAPY!!!!
It's also gay, But the need for trauma and mental health therapy for these young adults is paramount.
This book does contain a content warning in regards to suicide and suicidal ideation.
This book will pull you in and throw you around. Much like the tumultuous sea depicted on the cover, it will pull you in and throw you around without any moment to relax. This feels way more like a piece of literary fiction that you would dissect in a class. Rather than a YA book, you pick up for a good time.
Hartt's depiction of mental illness resonated with me; I would say it is honestly the high note of this book. Tommy's growth in this book and watching him gain insight into his mental illness is significant.
Harlow has room to grow as a person, as expected for someone who is still in High School. But she tries hard at what she sets her heart on.
Honestly, I hate Ellis, and there is no excuse for him to be as much of an asshole as he is to both Tommy and Harlow.
Ellis is the Salt.
It's also gay, But the need for trauma and mental health therapy for these young adults is paramount.
This book does contain a content warning in regards to suicide and suicidal ideation.
This book will pull you in and throw you around. Much like the tumultuous sea depicted on the cover, it will pull you in and throw you around without any moment to relax. This feels way more like a piece of literary fiction that you would dissect in a class. Rather than a YA book, you pick up for a good time.
Hartt's depiction of mental illness resonated with me; I would say it is honestly the high note of this book. Tommy's growth in this book and watching him gain insight into his mental illness is significant.
Spoiler
Harlow has room to grow as a person, as expected for someone who is still in High School. But she tries hard at what she sets her heart on.
Honestly, I hate Ellis, and there is no excuse for him to be as much of an asshole as he is to both Tommy and Harlow.
Ellis is the Salt.