Margaret McHeyzer

Drowning

Cat Imb

I received an ARC of this book from the author and I voluntarily reviewed it. Thank you Margaret McHeyzer!

Wow wow wow. This book is... I can’t find the right word so I’m going to say “everything”. Oh man, the highs, the lows, and the rock bottoms will pull at your heart strings. Sometimes, McHeyzer’s writing pulled at them so hard, my heart broke. 

I rarely cry when I read books, and by rarely, I mean three books in the over 500 I’ve read. Now it’s four books. I’m not surprised though, because one of the initial three was Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer. I had to stop reading and compose myself before I kept going. This book has the power to destroy you, but also shows you that there is light at the end of the tunnel - for everyone. 

This book deals with so many important themes, and when I start listing them, you’ll wonder how McHeyzer was able to fit those all into a singular book while doing justice to each one; self-harm, homosexuality and homophobia, suicide, mental health, abuse, and a few more I will not mention for spoiler purposes. Honestly, there are very few authors who can pull off a book like this, and McHeyzer is one of them. 

I truly think this is a book that should be read by everyone. It’s not just a YA book. It’s much bigger than that. It’s a book about acceptance, a book than can teach everyone how to be more open minded. It’s about removing the stigma around the words “mental health” and disassociating them from the terrible word “crazy”. 

Thank you, Margaret McHeyzer, for writing this masterpiece.

Drowning

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