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[Following is a volunteer review of "422:" by Danny Range.]
Scandalous by Danny Range introduces the main character, Bruno, who suffers from many mental diseases and shows us his deep, hidden thoughts that outsiders won’t necessarily see looking at him. We catch a glimpse of the devils in him as well as the angels helping him overcome the devils. As well as his Italian Mafia family, we realise we don’t know the mafia as well as we think. When thinking about a gang, we think it’s impossible to getaway. We would be looped in for the rest of our lives. In this story, we can see that it isn’t always the case. The gang will have your back no matter what (with favours of course), however, Bruno’s family was supportive of him creating his own life. Bruno realises the struggle of the real world and tries to adapt but anger and aggressivity overcome him. Really shows us how
Overall it is a very interesting story whether the reader suffers from mental diseases or not. Gives us really deep insight into how depression or anxiety is for example. If the reader has a mental disease, they can relate to the story or maybe the disease is different for different people, and in this case, the reader can compare. If the reader doesn’t have a mental disease, it helps them understand how it feels thanks to the vividness of the story. Even though there is a disclaimer at the beginning, we can tell that Danny Range took his time researching every detail to help the readers with extremely vivid imagery. I extremely enjoyed all the quotes Range added before each chapter. It made me think of small hidden away thoughts going through Bruno’s mind.
This book is quite tough to read. Especially hard if the reader struggling with mental disease (even though some people might find it helpful to compare). Doesn’t have a happy ending which can be another reason why people with mental diseases may struggle reading, because they may end up making mistakes thinking it will help them. The beginning of the book is a bit tough to “dive” into. Takes a few chapters too much to get hooked into the story and never want to put it down.
I rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars because it is a difficult book and takes a bit of time to get hooked. If the book hooked me at an earlier stage, I would definitely have given it 4 stars.
This book is definitely not suitable for children below the age of 15. They may not understand the book very well and could get a little traumatised. Even at 15 or 16, if the teen isn’t that mature, the book would be pretty inappropriate for them to read. There are also a couple of sex scenes and quite a bit of swearing. I think this book is ideal for people between the ages of 20-30 and parents who have children who suffer from mental illnesses or even people who know someone who is close to them with a mental disease. This story may be tough to read because of the brutal real-liveliness, but it is also very educative, and this may help them know what the person with the mental illness is going through and potentially will give them tips on how to help or how to be there for them (and how not to act).
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Scandalous by Danny Range introduces the main character, Bruno, who suffers from many mental diseases and shows us his deep, hidden thoughts that outsiders won’t necessarily see looking at him. We catch a glimpse of the devils in him as well as the angels helping him overcome the devils. As well as his Italian Mafia family, we realise we don’t know the mafia as well as we think. When thinking about a gang, we think it’s impossible to getaway. We would be looped in for the rest of our lives. In this story, we can see that it isn’t always the case. The gang will have your back no matter what (with favours of course), however, Bruno’s family was supportive of him creating his own life. Bruno realises the struggle of the real world and tries to adapt but anger and aggressivity overcome him. Really shows us how
Overall it is a very interesting story whether the reader suffers from mental diseases or not. Gives us really deep insight into how depression or anxiety is for example. If the reader has a mental disease, they can relate to the story or maybe the disease is different for different people, and in this case, the reader can compare. If the reader doesn’t have a mental disease, it helps them understand how it feels thanks to the vividness of the story. Even though there is a disclaimer at the beginning, we can tell that Danny Range took his time researching every detail to help the readers with extremely vivid imagery. I extremely enjoyed all the quotes Range added before each chapter. It made me think of small hidden away thoughts going through Bruno’s mind.
This book is quite tough to read. Especially hard if the reader struggling with mental disease (even though some people might find it helpful to compare). Doesn’t have a happy ending which can be another reason why people with mental diseases may struggle reading, because they may end up making mistakes thinking it will help them. The beginning of the book is a bit tough to “dive” into. Takes a few chapters too much to get hooked into the story and never want to put it down.
I rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars because it is a difficult book and takes a bit of time to get hooked. If the book hooked me at an earlier stage, I would definitely have given it 4 stars.
This book is definitely not suitable for children below the age of 15. They may not understand the book very well and could get a little traumatised. Even at 15 or 16, if the teen isn’t that mature, the book would be pretty inappropriate for them to read. There are also a couple of sex scenes and quite a bit of swearing. I think this book is ideal for people between the ages of 20-30 and parents who have children who suffer from mental illnesses or even people who know someone who is close to them with a mental disease. This story may be tough to read because of the brutal real-liveliness, but it is also very educative, and this may help them know what the person with the mental illness is going through and potentially will give them tips on how to help or how to be there for them (and how not to act).
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