Narrated by Kathleen Li
Run Time: 1 hr and 13 mins
Summary:
A mother recounts the heartbreaking journey of her bipolar daughter’s life.
Additional Comments:
- The back cover copy pretty much spells out the story, but since I didn’t read it, the conclusion struck me as a twist.
- Performance/reading 4/5 stars: Kathleen Li has a nice voice for nonfiction. Her reading rhythm is natural, which is good when given a book like this.
- Story/writing 3/5 stars: The writing itself is very stilted with very little flow.
- There are sections written in third person with a very far perspective. It has a caveman style ring to it. Alexis does this. Alexis does that. I guess it could be going for clinical detachment. Other sections are written in first person, which makes sense since this is the mother’s recounting based on notes and journals.
- Story itself: Is sad as promised.
- The retelling comes across as the mother’s coping mechanism. She wants her daughter’s life to mean something, so this stands as a “there’s hope and resources, get thee to some before it’s too late” sort of tale.
Conclusion:
It’s a short and bittersweet tale of a bright life cut short by a mental illness.
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