This is like half a suicidal memoir, and half a journalistic investigation into suicide from biological, societal, and systematic perspectives.

Just gotta say, if you're feeling suicidal, probably don't read this book. I didn't find it "triggering," per se, since I am not suicidal, but reading it definitely made two or three days that otherwise would have been completely normal, functioning days into weird, dim, unhappy days.

I expected this book to be about depression, which it kind of is. But it's more about suicide and suicidal ideation, specifically. The journalism on the topic is interesting. I have never personally interacted with the institutions of mental health or psychotropic medication, and reading about how disjointed the whole system is was eye-opening. I also had totally believed the "serotonin" explanation of how SSRIs work, and had no idea that people still straight up do not understand what's going on in the brain regarding this or any other mental condition. Crazy.

Equally crazy is that she works for Reuters now despite what seemed to be a work history record rife with depression-induced demerits and outright holes. She must be one heck of a reporter.