genre: graphic novel
Mona Starr knows one thing: the Dark Matter that lives inside her is stopping Mona from living the kind of life she wants. The Matter tells Mona she's worthless, incapable and undeserving of love and friendship. It's really hard not to believe it. But when a therapist challenges her to investigate her Matter, Mona decides to try and figure out this part of herself - and determine if she is strong enough to take it on.
For me, this is a vulnerable and powerful depection of depression and anxiety - the Matter itself, how it slimes over everything good and distorts truth, how it can even blurr our reality, it really spoke to me. The art is powerful. So much so that twice an illustration brought me to dripping tears. It’s not a perfect book - obviously depression can’t always be treated neatly with therapy alone and I understand that everyone’s journey with mental illness is going to look different- but this book, its use of (and lack of) color, it’s vision and depth, the use of art to depict the inner mind and self - it felt absolutely spot on. I really, really liked this book and want people to read it : )
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