[ SECRET POST #2814 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2814 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

Seems like really misleading marketing.

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't read the book but even if it WAS marketed properly I could still see people having those reactions. Just in my own dealings with depression having people see you negatively because you're not coping well during a certain period of time is a big thing.

[(Anonymous)]

You probably didn't plan on crapping in freezer bags and having your loved ones remove them from your bed, though.

[(Anonymous)]

This happened?!

[(Anonymous)]

Eventually Eva gives it up, but yes, that was her original idea.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, it's definitely OTT in spots - there is some comedy in it.

She gets out of bed to use the en-suite, but freaks out until she's back in bed (I think it's described as feeling like the floor's moving/sinking under her) and so comes up with this plan involving tubes and sandwich bags but her family tell her where to get off.

Personally, when I've been particularly bad, I have experienced massive anxiety just going bed-bathroom and back again so I understood the idea behind it.

As for your original comment (assuming that was you...), I agree; some of the reviews read like people irl running into someone going through a bad patch as basically going 'Pull your socks up.'

[solticisekf]

I've read the book about the minister and the policeman and took from it that I don't care for this author, her logic or characterization. The book made me plain sad.

[likeadeuce]

I had a similar reaction to the novel "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" -- though in that case a lot of people I knew who read it thought it was funny, too. I thought it was a good book but more sad than funny!

[(Anonymous)]

It's always weird when something just strikes you a different way to everyone else. This isn't the first time it's happened to me, but it's definitely the most extreme! Also might have to add that to my to-read list, looks quite good (:

When I read the title, I assumed it was about depression.

[(Anonymous)]

Then I read the blurbs and was confused. I mean, all I could think about was all of the problems you'd have and none of them seemed that funny to me. I bet you're not wrong, it was just marketed weirdly.

[(Anonymous)]

Is this the same Sue Townsend of Adrian Mole fame? I found those really funny when I first read them (I was around 12), but quite a bit more nuanced on a re-read a good 20 years later.

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, the same author. She does nuance and level of meaning well. Though it just seemed to me that in this case there was less nuance and more 'this book is about depression, people' heh.

[(Anonymous)]

They probably just slapped the usual Sue Townsend blurbs on without thinking about it. She was mostly known as a comedy writer, but with a lot of satirical depth, who passed away this year. RIP.

[(Anonymous)]

Man, did not know she'd died - what a shame. I've never really followed her as such, but I've read and enjoyed most of her books over the years ):

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for this secret. I've suffered from depression similar to this so I think I might want to read this book, maybe just to feel like someone out there has/is going through the same thing I went through.

[(Anonymous)]

I've been through similar periods myself, which is why it resonated so much with me. It's definitely OTT in places (it does have comedy ~aspects~) but to me it was a good portrayal of that complete inability to do something that's so impossible to describe to someone who hasn't experienced it. Would definitely recommend.

[arcadiaego]

I think many people experience depression like that, myself included. Townsend was very aware of social issues, but she was also most famous for writing a fairly light comedy, which could explain the marketing. I haven't read this particular title though.