Hmm… unsure how to feel about this one! There were moments where I was like “ah ha, I see what the author is doing!” but then it would go in a different direction that just didn’t feel right. I think I struggled the most with the inconsistent voice, in one sentence we’d get something so serious and wordy I assumed it leapt out of a classic poem and then the next sentence would be some kind of gimmick, I never felt like I got a handle on the vibe or our main character.

And this is just a personal opinion but I truly hate books that do the “The End” “lol just kidding I totally got you!” thing, it’s just not clever and it didn’t add to this story. Doing the choose your own adventure thing definitely sparked some interest, but also felt like a gimmick.

The writing was good and conveyed the bleak heaviness of suicidal ideation in a way that felt pretty authentic, and I really liked the concept (the elevator part was especially interesting!), but the execution was just way too all over the place.