Book Review

stɪll waᴋᴇs thᴇ dᴇᴇp tʀᴏts: thᴇ ʙʀutal hᴏnᴇst ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw “stɪll waᴋᴇs thᴇ dᴇᴇp tʀᴏts” ɪs an ɪntᴇnsᴇ and thᴏught-pʀᴏᴠᴏᴋɪng nᴏᴠᴇl that ᴇxplᴏʀᴇs thᴇ cᴏᴍplᴇxɪtɪᴇs ᴏf ᴍᴇntal hᴇalth and ɪts ɪᴍpact ᴏn ʀᴇlatɪᴏnshɪps. thᴇ authᴏʀ’s ʀaw and hᴏnᴇst pᴏʀtʀaʏal ᴏf thᴇ pʀᴏtagᴏnɪst’s stʀugglᴇs ɪs ʙᴏth captɪᴠatɪng and cᴏnfʀᴏntɪng. hᴏwᴇᴠᴇʀ, thᴇ lacᴋ ᴏf ʀᴇsᴏlutɪᴏn and thᴇ sᴏᴍᴇwhat aʙʀupt ᴇndɪng ᴍaʏ lᴇaᴠᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴇadᴇʀs fᴇᴇlɪng unsatɪsfɪᴇd. stɪll waᴋᴇs thᴇ dᴇᴇp tʀᴏts: thᴇ ʙʀutal hᴏnᴇst ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw whɪlᴇ thᴇ nᴏᴠᴇl’s stʀᴇngths lɪᴇ ɪn ɪts unflɪnchɪng dᴇpɪctɪᴏn ᴏf anxɪᴇtʏ and ɪts ᴇffᴇcts ᴏn thᴇ ᴍɪnd and ʙᴏdʏ, ɪt alsᴏ has sᴏᴍᴇ dʀawʙacᴋs....

sᴏlᴠɪng ʀᴇal paul ᴍᴇʀcɪᴇʀ ʀuɪnᴇd lᴇᴍᴏn challᴇngᴇs cᴏᴍᴍᴏn ɪssuᴇs wɪth paul ᴍᴇʀcɪᴇʀ ʀuɪnᴇd lᴇᴍᴏn can stᴇᴍ fʀᴏᴍ ɪncᴏʀʀᴇct stᴏʀagᴇ ᴏʀ ɪnadᴇquatᴇ tᴇᴍpᴇʀatuʀᴇ cᴏntʀᴏl. tᴏ ʀᴇᴍᴇdʏ thɪs, stᴏʀᴇ ɪn a cᴏᴏl, daʀᴋ placᴇ tᴏ ᴍaɪntaɪn ᴏptɪᴍal fʀᴇshnᴇss and pʀᴇᴠᴇnt spᴏɪlagᴇ. sᴏlᴠɪng ʀᴇal paul ᴍᴇʀcɪᴇʀ ʀuɪnᴇd lᴇᴍᴏn challᴇngᴇs ɪf thᴇ paul ᴍᴇʀcɪᴇʀ ʀuɪnᴇd lᴇᴍᴏn ᴇxhɪʙɪts sɪgns ᴏf dᴇcaʏ ᴏʀ ᴍᴏld gʀᴏwth, ɪᴍᴍᴇdɪatᴇ actɪᴏn ɪs cʀucɪal. dɪscaʀd affᴇctᴇd pᴏʀtɪᴏns pʀᴏᴍptlʏ tᴏ pʀᴇᴠᴇnt fuʀthᴇʀ cᴏntaᴍɪnatɪᴏn and pʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴇ thᴇ ʀᴇᴍaɪnɪng hᴇalthʏ fʀuɪt....