The Immeasurable Depth of You
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Maria Ingrande Mora
A beautiful—and necessary—story about teen mental health.In the gut-punching but uplifting tradition of Adam Silvera and Kathleen Glasgow comes a queer coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Florida mangroves."Raw and compassionate.” —Kirkus, starred reviewHow do you face your fears when everything is terrifying?Fifteen-year-old Brynn can’t stop thinking about death. Her intrusive thoughts and severe anxiety leave her feeling helpless—and hopeless. So after her mom interprets one of Brynn’s blog posts as a suicide note, she takes extreme measures, confiscating Brynn’s phone, blocking her Internet access, and banishing her to stay with her father who lives “off the grid” on a houseboat in the Florida mangroves. Isolated from her online friends—her only friends—Brynn resigns herself to a summer of mind-numbing boredom and loneliness… until Skylar appears. Skylar is everything Brynn isn’t—sultry, athletic, and confident. Yet Brynn feels at home around this fearless girl who pushes her to try new things and makes her belly flutter with nerves that have nothing to do with anxiety. When Brynn discovers that Skylar is trapped in the bayou and can’t tell her why, she resolves to free her new crush from the dark waters, even if it means confronting all of her worst fears.Through Brynn's funny and sincere narration, The Immeasurable Depth of You explores the ways mental illness can impact a life by centering a character who is learning (sometimes messily) to accept all parts of herself.
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Author
Maria Ingrande Mora
Pages
352
Publisher
Holiday House
Published Date
2023-04-04
ISBN
1682635430 9781682635438
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"This one is a little difficult to review and I highly encourage you to check the content warnings prior to purchasing/reading this book, as there is a lot of heaviness throughout. <br/><br/>It’s surprising that I feel like this book touched on so many raw and deep aspects of mental illness, but also remained so oddly surface level. Brynn, the main character, has a lot of intrusive thoughts primarily about death and hating herself. I feel like this part of the book was portrayed really well, but I still wasn’t a fan of brynn as a character, probably because she has no real sense of personal boundaries and doesn’t think about consequences. I also wasn’t a fan of her mother, but that’s not a huge part of the story. I just felt like her relationship with her mother fed into her mental health issues and compounded it. Their relationship has a side of toxicity that just made me uncomfortable. <br/><br/>The book was well written and the prose is beautiful in places. I read through this quickly and it was definitely not a difficult read. You need to be in the right headspace though.<br/><br/>I received a copy free from netgalley. Thanks netgalley!"
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sarah speelman
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