Ratings13
Average rating3.8
I really liked Andi as a narrator. It's difficult to read, but depression is difficult to deal with, so I didn't have a problem with that. I didn't care for the dream sequence/hallucination/whatever toward the end; I didn't think it was really necessary for Andi's story to have this semi-mystical revelation about Malherbeau. The modern-day story was a lot more interesting to me, and I thought it lost a lot of steam when it was Andi in the 18th century, as opposed to reading/experiencing it via the diary. I'm also really tired of YA books painting medication for mental health as inherently bad - yes, it can be abused, and yes, it's not always the answer (or the entire answer). But both Andi and her mom had serious issues going on, and it bothered me to see them both apparently all better by going off their medication cold turkey.