It's Kind of a Funny Story

By Ned Vizzini
Reviewed by Metayah 
444 Pages

It's Kind Of A Funny Story is a third person narrative novel about a young teenage boy named Craig who suffers from depression. Throughout the beginning of book he talks about how his depression and how his bad eating habits had gotten the best of him. Even when visiting his shrink, Dr. Minerva he still feels like he's all alone. then one night when he couldn't handle it anymore, and he makes a mistake of doing something that most people wouldn't think twice about. He ends up in the hospital for a great while and with the right care and right friends by his side he makes his way to recovery and comes out of the hospital as a changed and better person. I would recommend this book to anyone that is suffering or has suffered from depression and/or eating disorder. It provides lots of good information about how to handle both illnesses and reminds you that you are not alone, and it's okay not to be okay. Therefore, if you know you're not well, get the help you need to help yourself.