My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This powerful realistic fiction novel focuses on Aysel, a physics nerd with a penchant for Einstein, and her desire to die. Depressed and feeling like an outsider, she goes online in search of a suicide partner, believing that it will be easier to go through with dying if she has a partner. Honest and brutal, Jasmine Warga writes about suicide and depression realistically and without condescension, but also with hope and even humor. Admittedly, this isn’t a book for everyone, but for anyone who has ever felt that they were alone or that death is the only option, this is a must read.
Note: Warga also includes a list of mental health resources at the end of her novel, many of which specifically focus on teenagers and suicide prevention.