Week 14 Review: A Danger to Herself and Others

From Goodreads:

Girl, Interrupted meets We Were Liars in this gripping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel.

Four walls. One window. No way to escape.

Hannah knows there's been a mistake, She doesn't need to be institutionalized. What happened to her roommate at that summer program was an accident. As soon as the doctor and judge figure out that she isn't a danger to herself or others, she can go home to start her senior year. Those college applications aren't going to write themselves. Until then, she's determined to win over the staff and earn some privileges so she doesn't lose her mind to boredom.

Then Lucy arrives. Lucy has her own baggage, and she's the perfect project to keep Hannah's focus off all she is missing at home. But Lucy may be the one person who can get Hannah to confront the secrets she's avoiding-and the dangerous games that landed her in confinement in the first place.

My Review:
This was such a dark and twisted book! I was really intrigued by the title and the concept, of this girl who thinks that she isn't a danger to herself and others, but for now is in an institute. Which, you know, has other people who have that designation.

Hannah is an unreliable narrator, because she is here, and we don't know why, but we do know that the legal system put her here. So I wanted to know what happened to her best friend that sent her here-and whether she truly was a danger to herself and others or not.

Knowing that Hannah was unreliable, I was questioning everything that she was telling us. Maybe she was lying, or maybe it was mental health or some combination of the two, but the question was, how much of it? And what parts? The questions just plagued me!

And oh, that ending! That ending was something else! After the ride that this book gave us, that ending was just so fantastic! It was heartbreaking, to be sure, but oh, it was a great ending. Mental health is tough, and I loved how it was explored in this book! 

This was a great read, and I can't wait to read more by Alyssa Sheinmel! 

Author: Alyssa Sheinmel
Read: April 9th, 2021
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2021 Book!
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Published: February 5th 2019

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