my heart and other black holes by jasmine warga

Sadness is ugly and anyone who believes otherwise doesn’t understand it. She writes that depression isn’t beautiful. Many books romanticize depression, and although her novel does involve romance, it’s not all about love conquering all. The black slug eating every warm feeling until there is nothing left. Warga went farther into depression than simply sadness. Like a black slug, she compares, eating your insides. I thought that the author described depression in a truly beautiful way. Roman tries to get away from the person that he used to be, the person that everyone else wants him to be again. Aysel is intelligent and uses humor as a cover when she’s uncomfortable. But in the end, Roman still wants to die and Aysel is trying desperately to convince him to live. Roman and Aysel grow closer and eventually develop feelings for one another. As April seventh (their death date) approaches, Aysel begins to feel the finality of her decision and wonders whether she still wants to go through with it. She reaches out to a boy around her age, Roman, who is also looking for a partner. Aysel searches on the website Safe Passages for a Suicide Partner. The only problem is that she’s afraid she won’t be able to go through with it on her own. She falls into a deep depression and is soon ready to “turn her potential energy into nothingness”. Expecting Aysel to turn out like her father, even her own family can’t stand the sight of her. After her father commits a horrendous crime, the people in her small town can’t look at her the same. My Heart and Other Black Holes is written by Jasmine Warga, and it is about a sixteen-year-old girl named Aysel.

My heart and other black holes by jasmine warga