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S'està carregant… Closer to Okay (edició 2022)de Amy Watson (Autor)
Informació de l'obraCloser to Okay de Amy Watson
Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  BookReviewsbyTaylor | Oct 14, 2022 |  This isn't a happy, light story, so if that's what you're looking for, turn back now. Ok, now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about this book. Yes it was dark, but it was well done, and dives into the depths of depression and mental illness and trying to navigate a possible romance while coping with it. Kyle has had a rough life, and struggled with depression for a long time. Her life in and outside of Hope House was interesting, and Watson does an excellent job of brining everyone who lives there to life. I wasn't crazy about quite a few of the staff, but I think that's intentional, as the focus is meant to be more on the patients, and Kyle in particular. A captivating look into the darker side of life. (  ) LilyRoseShadowlyn | Oct 12, 2022 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Weaving culinary delights with an honest, appraising look at how we deal with the world when it becomes too much, Closer to Okay is the comfort food we all need in these, well, crazy times. Kyle Davies is doing fine. She has her routine, after all, ingrained in her from years of working as a baker: wake up, make breakfast, prep the dough, make lunch, work the dough, make dinner, bake dessert, go to bed. Wash, rinse, repeat. It's a good routine. Comforting. Almost enough to help her forget the scars on her wrist, still healing from when she slit it a few weeks ago; that she lost her job at the bakery when she checked herself in as an inpatient at Hope House; then signed away all decisions about her life, medical care, and wellbeing to Dr. Booth (who may or may not be a hack). So, yeah, Kyle's doing just fine. Except that a new item's been added to her daily to-do list recently: stare out her window at the coffee shop (named, well...The Coffee Shop) across the street, and its hot owner, Jackson. It's healthy to have eye candy when you're locked in the psych ward, right? Something low risk to keep yourself distracted. So when Dr. Booth allows Kyle to leave the facility--two hours a day to go wherever she wants--she decides to up the stakes a little more. Why not visit? Why not see what Jackson's like in person? Turns out that Jackson's a jerk with a heart of gold, a deadly combination that Kyle finds herself drawn to more than she should be. (Aren't we all?) At a time when Dr. Booth delivers near-constant warnings about the dangers of romantic entanglements, Kyle is pulled further and further into Jackson's orbit. At first, the feeling of being truly taken care of is bliss, like floating on a wave. But at a time when Kyle is barely managing her own problems, she finds herself suddenly thrown into the deep end of someone else's. Dr. Booth may have been right after all: falling in love may be the thing that sends Kyle into a backslide she might never be able to crawl out of. Is Jackson too much for her to handle? Does love come at the cost of sanity? No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Kyle Davies is doing fine, she has a routine developed after years working as baker, a routine which is comfortable. It's almost enough to make her forget the scars on wrist, that she lost her job at the bakery, and that she checked herself into inpatient at the Hope House. Recently, her to-do list has expanded to watching the coffee shop across the street. Mostly this involves staring at Jackson the shop's owner. Kyle is allowed to leave 2 hours everyday and decides to use this time to get to know Jackson. She quickly learns he is a jerk with a heart of gold. Kyle is quickly drawn to him; though Dr. Booth warns her against any romantic involvement at this point in her recovery. Kyle thinks its nice to be taken care of for once, but soon must confront the reality that maybe Dr. Booth was right about relationships.
So this book covers some really heavy topics and sometimes it seemed like they weren't taken as seriously as they should have been. I think this was just the way Kyle was written; she seems very ambivalent about her mental health. Even though she has some serious depression and abandonment issues. My main issue with this book is the relationship with Jackson. I think rather than focus on her mental health Kyle projects a bunch of things onto Jackson and decides she is in love. Despite Jackson saying that neither are in a place for this to work. Of course as the novel progresses even this resistance shifts some. I would have given this book 4 stars without the romantic involvement aspect. I enjoyed that the book delved into mental health and provided a unique perspective but I just felt that the romantic element overshadowed some great elements of acceptance and healing for Kyle. However, if you are one who likes to read books about mental health you should read this one because it was different from most others that I have read. (