Schizo
(Psychological thriller)
Authors: Aditya Mishra & Arya Shukla
Pages : 177
Before reading this book, one must go through the Author's note and disclaimer for better understanding. The story starts with David meeting up with a psychiatrist, where we get to know that David is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenic, episodes of delusions collided with reality making it impossible to believe which one is happening in real. David hearing voices in his mind is definitely not doing any good to him, as it convinces him to be worthless and created some self-hatred. The voice he's hearing is none other than his own mother, spewing hatred in his delusions.
David's goal is to avenge Richard right from the beginning, he believes that his mother's disappearance has something to do with him. And also the voice that he's hearing, made him belive all his delusions. He clung onto that voice instead of taking pills.
Going in, know that this book is about a paranoid schizophrenic man, I knew he probably wasn't going to be a reliable character, but I found the story sad more than anything else, maybe a bit of horrific events. Watching him go through his episodes, listening to him and his thought process, (the voice he's hearing) knowing that others were afraid of him especially Richard at the end, was just so sad.
"He had been both puppet and puppeteer in his own tragic story, an instrument of his own descent into darkness."
He is constantly worrying about he couldn't do anything to avenue his mother disappearance, he's upset, he wants to fix everything, but his illness won't allow him peace, and watching him go through everything, only to realize that some of his most important person he wants in the world would never be realized, were never alive, never spilled any love towards him, well, that was rather difficult for me as a reader. I can't imagine living with this kind of illness, and David's character really wore me down.
Killing and dissecting rats, oh boy that's not what normal people do. It makes me realize that he's not even a person anymore. But as the story develops only from David's point - which, I think was both a blessing and a curse, with the end result, the story of his childhood are left hanging a little bit, something that I despise when I read a story, it'd be great if we get to know some flashbacks instead of just one of a visual about it. Yet, I found myself compelled to read this book to the end and yes, it is a good solid read.
Rating : 8/10
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