![]() ![]() What a wonderfully diverse list! I especially loved what he said about The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry. The list of books Haig read during his depression. ![]() I didn’t start marking up the book until the last third, and here’s what struck me (page numbers are from the paperback version): What did surprise me were the places I marked. It’s a generous-hearted book, which didn’t surprise me at all. He wants to tell us his experiences, but also give us a context and some tips. I really liked, however, that it is a book that’s part memoir, part exploration of the topic of depression, and part self-help. The chapters are short, and sometimes they felt too short I wanted more description, to be shown where he went, perhaps so I could compare it to where I have been. Some things were so true that I felt I’d read them before, though that could have just been that I’d thought them before, myself, many times. ![]() Like any book about a very complex and personal illness, it was hit and miss for me. I like that he continues to speak out about depression, and I definitely want to read his book The Humans. I follow him on Twitter, and a friend sent me a couple of quotes from him at important moments. So I finally got around to reading Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive. ![]()
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