A review by goodvaibsonly
Saving Red by Sonya Sones

3.0

3.5/5 rounded down.

I've never read a book in verse. I don't know if it's just because I wasn't used to the format, but this book was really hard to get into at first. It was definitely page turning! But I didn't find myself feeling any heavy emotions despite the heavy topics. However, around halfway through, this changed and I started really feeling for the characters. I really appreciate the themes of this book, and the portrayal of mental illness wasn't sugarcoated at all. I'm definitely glad I read this book (really quick read too btw). Just still not sure how I feel about the format. The writing was also kind of frustrating at times. Like sometimes you could really hear the author speaking, and not Molly. Also! All the! Exclamation points! Yowzers!