I Fell in Love with Hope

I am torn with this one. On one hand it adopts a unique tone, maybe a little of a new author struggling to find their voice, but unique and enticing all the same. The characters are cool, and the book sets up some great questions. But this is where I say: tread carefully. Mental illness - maybe illness of any kind, but mental comes up for me first - is a tricky thing to write (no I am not a writer, but I've read many a book with mental illnesses so I've seen my fair share of good and bad). Some of my favorite books tackle this issue - and they do it well. So well. So well that I'm left sobbing (take a look at my haunted-me and i-cried shelves, seriously, do it). But others...they leave a strange taste in my mouth. I am not saying this author did a bad job, but too often she crosses the line of glamorizing it. This could be a more naive/inexperienced issue, as this is a new author who I am sure will grow. Or maybe these issues only stood out to me, as this book has some awesome reviews (not saying they aren't well-deserved). But when I compare this one to the books that comment on or include mental illness, it falls a little short in eloquence & tact (? right word ? who knows ?). I realize I am in a small group of people here. But hey, my views are my views. I'm just one reviewer of many.