I considered DNF-ing at first because my immediate reaction to the characters were that they were a bit insufferable but I kept going, partially because I like the writing style, but mostly because this book is relatively short so I knew I could knock it out and see what the hype was surrounding it.

I liked Regan's character quite a lot (maybe cause I also have mommy issues, who knows) and I liked that there was a clear delineation to the reader of when she kind of went into this hypo/manic state to the reader prior to her even mentioning it. I thought Blake did a great job with making part IV especially feel frenzied and rushed like a manic episode when Regan and Aldo finally got together. I loved when Regan and the psychiatrist finally had that breakthrough cause god did it make me anxious for Regan to be in this sustained manic episode without any support.

I think a big strength of this book was that it felt very cinematic reading this. IRL, both Aldo and Regan would be awful to be around but I really got invested in their story and how it was going to play out. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have just this overwhelming feeling of dread in the last 50 or so pages of the book that things weren't going to work out for them. 

I appreciate that the first line of acknowledgements discusses how Regan was able to live without medications, but that is not the norm. Don't stop taking your pills willy-nilly!!!