Alone With You in the Ether

I do not know how I feel about this book. Part of me wants to give it a 1, and the other part wants to give it a 5. I'm not going to rate it.

As a person who currently lives unmedicated and with bipolar disorder, this book did an excellent job of allowing the reader to inhabit that space. I really felt brought a lot with Regan's moments, which I think is invaluable in a book about mental illness.

But also because of that experience, I found the relationship with Aldo to be problematic and codependent. It felt like something really unhealthy being broadcast as something desireable or “sweet.” I can't in good faith rate that well.

I also don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone, unless they really want to know what it's like to live with BPD. there are no big takeaways other than an excellent depiction of that.