I can completely see where people are giving this book 4 and 5 stars. There are parts of it that are really well written, but I just could never get over the actual premise. I can’t help but think a read like this is really dangerous for people who struggle with savior complexes and co-dependency. Taking in a friend and giving them a safe space to process and get over a hard patch is a really beautiful thing to do. Bringing a stranger home who was literally about to jump off a bridge and sleeping with them in the same weekend is just wrong. Tallie is a bad therapist. Full stop. Whenever I read a book really fast it is easier for me to think it was really good. This sucked me in somewhere in the middle, and it got easier to swallow the whole premise, and for a moment it tricked me into thinking this is a good book. However, when I pictured handing it to a friend and telling them it was good literature all I could see was them handing the book back to me and saying I probably should call my therapist and talk to her about liking this book.