Book Review Blurb: Inferno by Catherine Cho

I’ve had a child. I get it, the way you lose yourself – I found Cho’s memoir all the more moving for the fact that I have felt some of what she’s felt, although nowhere near the extent she did, as I did not experience any psychosis. But it is a very bizarre thing, to feel like you have lost control of your body and your life, and that part certainly resonated… I found this memoir moving and engaging – although at times it felt like it meandered in ways that I had difficulty with… For all that, it felt very authentic – mental health and the experience of mental continuity is an entirely personal experience and so I am not surprised that it didn’t feel coherent to me. I’m sure it didn’t feel coherent to Cho. Her memoir captures that discontinuity perfectly and it was definitely worth the read, even if bits felt like work…

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my obligation-free review copy.