![]() ![]() Within the first 5 pages, Rhonda is masturbating in the bath, with her head underwater, assumedly having discovered autoerotic asphyxiation at the ripe old age of 14 ("the dizziness from not breathing made the colors brighter").This theme of not treating bipolarism is alluded to throughout the book. The drugs "flatten" her mother Rhonda is convinced her mother would be much better without them, in her natural crazy state, it is assumed. The first chapter sets us up: Rhonda's home life is boring and torturous - her pharmacist dad is drugging up her "crazy" mother - who it is implied is bipolar - without a proper doctor's prescription, which, yes, is bad, but we are offered no explanation as to why she wouldn't just see an actual psychiatrist. ![]() To start, the book treats bipolarism as if it should not be treated with drugs.I am obligated to warn that this review will be replete with spoilers, as it is the only way I can offer the problems I had with story and the subject matter's presentation. Since I definitely do not recommend reading this book, I do recommend reading this synopsis, if you would like to know exactly why you shouldn't read it. ![]()
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