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Lily_Hylidae t1_iy9tl39 wrote

I hated it. I don't get how someone that has been so open about their own depression can write a book that seems to understand it so little. I found it poorly written and boring. I love the idea of multiverses, and this was such a wasted opportunity to say something really meaningful about our choices, regrets and how much free will we really (don't?) have.

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Artemisa23 t1_iyajjjp wrote

Agreed, the concept sounded so interesting but it was the same old clichéd claptrap

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LibrisTella t1_iyb04oj wrote

Yes, it kind of just felt like the message was “oh, you wish you were famous? Guess what, there are downsides to that”

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Dutchkeeper t1_iye0p8h wrote

Maybe depression isn't the same for everyone? He understands his. Not yours? It resonated with me.

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Lily_Hylidae t1_iye500q wrote

That is a valid point. Everyone's experience is different. But Nora felt so hollow to me as a character. There wasn't anything else to her. She didn't feel like a real person to me. The ending bothered me too, that all you need to feel better is to realise that you should be happy with what you have. That the life you're in now (or her "root" life) is the best one. You can help yourself in lots of ways to manage depression, but it's s an illness, not a state of mind that can be shifted with meaningless motivational quotes.

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