Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption

"A highly original, moving, and ultimately life-affirming book." - Sunday Mirror (London)

Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything - youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting to never wake up. But she does--at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live.

Inspired by events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.

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240 pages

Average rating: 6.87

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JShrestha
Aug 25, 2023
5/10 stars
I felt like this book could have so much potential but was poorly executed by the author. The message from the author concerning death, the meaning of life and the ways one goes through the motion had some insightful meaning but there is no actual set plot of proper flow for what this book was about in terms of a storyline. It starts off about the main character deciding to end her life because she just doesn't see the point and does not wish to see the future. It brings up depression and anxiety but not as a key value for the main character. There is a random interruption from the author to mention their context of a similar situation. There is stray of chapters to astrophysical plane jumps which doesn't really conclude to anything and then the book just ends to another character their story. Nothing properly ties together which made the whole book disappointing.

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