Submitted by duckshapedpotato t3_z840ff in books
Dutchkeeper t1_iye0p8h wrote
Reply to comment by Lily_Hylidae in The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)... Does it get better? by duckshapedpotato
Maybe depression isn't the same for everyone? He understands his. Not yours? It resonated with me.
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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