A review by iamshadow
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones

5.0

Subheaded "What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy", this book was written based on Sones' own diaries from her teens. Sones' writing style is blank verse, rather than prose, and this medium for me was very effective in conveying the emotions she felt, including anger, hope and grief. A powerful work, easily readable and aimed at teens (though definitely recommended by me for older readers too) Stop Pretending is a book that will make you think, that families of people with a mental illness and people with a mental illness themselves will identify with.