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Schizoaffective disorder: a mental illness in which a person experiences a combination of mood disorder and schizophrenia symptoms.
I know about this illness—very well—because I suffer from it. It’s been four years since my diagnosis, and ever since, I’ve been living in a dark hole. Voices constantly invading my thoughts. Hallucinations. All of which force me to question if what I’m experiencing is even reality. But here I am, still hanging on, still breathing and living through it. That is, until he stumbled into my life. Logan Reed. I don’t want any part of him. I’ve pushed him away, but he isn’t easily deterred. I’ve told him I’m different, but he doesn’t care. He’s trying to slowly break me down. I’m trying just as hard not to let him. He doesn’t know how truly damaged I am; what will happen when he does? I know the truth—he’ll never be able to look at me the same way again. Just like everybody else.
MY REVIEW:
Perfectly Damaged was unlike any story I have ever
read. I’ve read books where the
characters have mental illnesses, but never to this degree.
Jenna has schizoaffective disorder, which is a mental
illness in which a person experiences a combination of mood disorder and
schizophrenia symptoms. She has her
highs and lows, hears voices in her head and has hallucinations. On top of her mental illness, she has
recently lost her sister and is dealing with how to cope with that.
“When you lose the only person who made sense
in your life, the only person who helped you fight your battles, the one who
helped you with your struggles, the only person you felt sane around, your
entire world comes crashing down. And
that’s not even the best description.
You become vacant, hollow. You
can’t breathe. The world around you is a
complete haze; nothing is clear anymore.
You’re constantly fighting to live because you were only truly living
when they were around”
Then we meet Logan.
Logan is working for his uncles construction company and lands a job
building a guesthouse for Jenna’s parents.
Logan is immediately interested in Jenna and doesn’t hide it. They slowly make a connection but Jenna is
afraid that if Logan finds out about her illness, he will break her heart like
her first love did.
I really loved this story.
I’ve never known anyone with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
so to be able to read and get a small glimpse of what people with these mental
illnesses go through was really eye opening.
The secondary characters were awesome as well. Charlie is an amazing friend to Jenna and I
think anyone would be lucky to have a friend like her. The only complaint I have for this story is I
wish there was more to the ending. I
don’t know if EL Montes plans to write another book about Jenna or Logan, but I
want more!!!!!
4/5 FANGS
MRSALCIDE
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