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Karen Fortunati

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I haven't dealt with bipolar disorder, so I can't say whether this is an accurate representation of that. But it is by far an amazing representation of the depression portion. So afraid to tell anyone about her disorder, afraid that she'll reach the end point and leave them. This does a great job telling that story while also dealing with all the typical high school drama that makes a mental health disorder even worse to deal with.
 
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kayfeif | 2 andra recensioner | Jul 7, 2022 |
First - the main character's name is Catherine Pulaski! How great is that? I mean she spells it differently from the undeservedly maligned Enterprise doctor but still. Anything that reminds me of Star Trek is nice.

On a personal note, I probably should not have been reading this book just now in my life - the way I'm feeling definitely coloured the way I perceived this book, in some direction or another, and I'm finding it hard to put it all together in my mind so I'll just say that I'm always happy to see books about mental illness existing. Though I mirror some other reviewers in that I wish we'd seen more of Cath struggling through her mania or depression instead of just flashbacks...she keeps saying that bipolar disorder is a lifetime diagnosis, that she will have future bouts of mania or depression though they can be managed with medication and therapy...but we just see her managing to push back her depression with new realizations and new friends. Which is totally plausible, it's not that I didn't believe this story but it would still be nice to see these people supporting her instead of just saying that they will support her. Anyway, I thought Cath was a great character, I get her instinct to hide things from people. She had a nice voice for a teen protagonist.
I also get that Cath felt like her short haircut was penance for etc. and of course I understand some people's negative reaction's to short hair on ladies but at the beginning I was imagining something a lot edgier than just an Audrey Hepburn cut. Maybe to the people who knew her who would recognize that it might be a symptom of mania but that's not normally a concerning haircut. That stuck out to me because the girl on the front cover has a nice normal haircut while the descriptions Cath was giving of her haircut sounded to me like it was way shorter and weirder. ANYWAY.
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katebrarian | 2 andra recensioner | Jul 28, 2020 |
Catherine, a seventeen-year-old high school junior used to be a dancer, used to have two best friends, and used to have a normal life. Everything changed her freshman year when her grandmother died and she was diagnosed as bipolar. Now life revolves around therapy, counseling, medication and loneliness.

After unsuccessfully trying to commit suicide during an especially bad case of depression, Catherine is sure she can never live a normal life. Depression, which she calls “zero,” will always suck her dry so she has decided it would be best to have an escape plan. Her plan consists of stockpiling pills to use when Zero rears its ugly head.

Catherine thinks being bipolar means she can never drive, go to college, have a boyfriend or live the life she was meant to live. As she prepares for Zero and her pills, she begins to live in ways she’d never thought possible. Should she dare to dream of life beyond Zero, or will Zero continue to erase every one of her hopes and dreams?

Fortunati offers hope to teens suffering from bipolar depression. I hope Catherine’s story will be a beacon to lead them to safer waters.

Recommended for 14 and older.

Book review link: https://shouldireaditornot.wordpress.com/2017/01/07/the-weight-of-zero-karen-for...
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sunshinealma | 2 andra recensioner | Jan 6, 2017 |

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