I think that I just don’t get along with this format of stories as I had a really hard time connecting with this story or even caring. It is a visceral and painful story and something that really needs to be talked about more and destigmatised but the sparse words and infrequent punctuation as well as some creative formatting choices meant that it was quite hard for me to follow the story. The format was particularly effective when Jay’s thoughts were scattered and he was trying to come to terms with what happened to him but it didn’t work as a whole book.

I find it hard to tell people to not read this book as it is a story that is worth telling but I just didn’t engage with this book in a meaningful way.