A review by dramagirl2003
Conditions of a Heart by Bethany Mangle

emotional informative fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i loved this, thank you SimonTeen for making this one of your december free reads! literally the only thing that could have enhanced my reading experience any more would have been to have longer than 24h to finish it (but that’s the fun, and challenge of it, so it’s ok).

thoughts while reading

10%: yeah maybe trust the girl who’s lived this reality all her life. i think she’d know when something’s dislocated

Quotes

these stuck out to me because of my own mental health struggles

I wanted to see you one last time to say goodbye. I love you, but I'm sick. I'm falling apart piece by piece. And I think the only thing worse than having it happen in the first place is making you watch.
i feel so down and broken sometimes that i wonder whether it’s fair to burden others with my feelings

I did this to myself, and the thing that no one ever tells you about digging your own grave is that you're never meant to climb back out.
i struggle with letting people in, and letting them help me. i back myself into a corner, and can’t escape all that easily

It's not that I don't want to be alive anymore—it's that I don't know how to live the life I have.
relatable, i feel like a ship with no anchor sometimes
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