Hi everyone, first post on the thread but I've picked up my Kindle again and I need to tell someone about the books I've read. I mostly read YA/teen books. They seem to focus more on taboo topics (suicide, complex relationships, depression, PTSD etc) which I'm more interested in than the typical adult audience centred books I've seen. I'D LIKE TO PUT IN A POSSIBLE TW NOW ABOUT THE BOOK I'M GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT AS IT IS MENTIONING SUICIDE, SUICIDAL INTENTIONS, DEPRESSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay so, I've recently re-read a book called My Heart And Other Black Holes. I can't remember the author as I brought the book a long long time ago. Basically it's about a girl who is wanting to kill herself. She's at work one day and it browsing a website in which you find a 'suicide partner'. She finds someone called FrozenRobot and they set a date for their joint s**cide, April 7th. This is the date that FrozenRobot's sister died, it would be the 1 year anniversary. He blames himself for his sisters death as he was babysitting her and she went in the bath. She wasn't supposed to take baths as she had seizures. He let her have one and went in the bedroom with his gf and turned up the music. She drowned. He was 16, she was 8. He thought it was his fault and felt that he should be punished, this ended up being the reason he wanted to die. The girls father had become a murderer. He killed someone she went to school with who was a promising athlete. The death was everywhere and everyone knew it was her dad so the stares and whispers followed her. She was scared that one day, she would become a murderer too. What is she had this 'evil' gene. That's the synopsis anyway, from my POV. If you're into similar topics and want something that leaves you guessing then I'd recommend this book. It was really good, a little slow in parts but I read the whole thing in 2 evenings.