So, this is my first five star book of the year. Yes, it is June and I have read over 60 other books. I’m really picky about my five stars, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing. This book wholeheartedly deserves the five stars it is getting.
This is a mental health novel (which are honestly my favorite books) following a teenage boy coping with his diagnosis of schizophrenia as he starts a new school. He begins to make connections with the new people at school, but fears of them learning of his schizophrenia.
Overall
Read this! Highly, highly recommend. Mental health novels are definitely more subjective than other books depending on your experience, but this one really affected me in a good way. I hope this book gets the praise it deserves!
Chelsea
Words on Bathroom Walls is a really good read about a schizophrenic child who talks to the reader via journal entries to his therapist. The main character is a sweetheart and he explains his condition in with such a vivid manner that you can understand what he’s going through.
Basically, the novel portrays the ugly side of his mental illness. In that, Adam describes the searing intensity of other people’s hatred for him, their fear of such a kid patient, and the weight of expectations to behave well. But, Adam tells us that’s not how his brain works, there’s no switch that he can flip to reality or live with the hallucinations.
Masooma