This was complicated. SavinPortman was a debut author with a best seller. She was also unsettled and unraveling and for half of the book, one would presume it was the stress from her agent and publisher for a follow up story. Her draft of the follow up story seemed unreal, depicting events that happened soon after, even though it did not appear that Savi was in any of the scenes.
It is more than three quarters of the way through that the story of Savi comes through. Her mental state has disassociated herself from events in her life and created different persona acting out scenarios and followed up by reverting to the personality of Savi, totally unaware of what went before.
Trauma and grief are handled by people differently and Savi’s way was different and frightening. The fact that she had a wonderful family system in place to support and protect her was her good fortune. The book highlights mental health and so much of what is still unknown. It was fascinating reading.
Sent by Storm Publishing for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.
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