by R. J. Anderson begins with Ali waking up in the hospital. She is told that she is being transferred to a mental institution on a mental hold after a psychotic break in which she admitted to the murder of a girl from school. Ali has always seen the world differently than those around her. She sees colors and hears sounds to correspond with her other senses. The novel consists her her learning to understand her disorder and under covering the mystery behind the disappearance of her classmate. I had mixed feelings about the book. I found it utterly fascinating for the first three quarters and then it completely changed genres and went in a way I didn't expect and didn't love. While the weird ending answered all the questions the reader may have about the Ali and the disappearance of her classmate it did it in the weirdest way possible and I would have preferred the book stayed a book about a girl with a mental illness instead of going into a nutty place at the end.
Appropriateness: The book deals with mental illness and takes place primarily in a mental hospital and the other patients have many different mental issues. There is no substance abuse or sexual content. I would recommend this book to readers 14+
