Silver Linings Playbook Review

I loved it. I absolutely loved it.

I loved how the book ended: Those last lines, that short fragment, all so powerful!

"I think I need you too."

But other than that beautiful ending, I loved how Quick had brought out all those emotions. The way he used speech to bring out the characters, and even more so, the speechless parts. How he described Pat's fear, his inability to control his temper... He brought Pat to life.

However, most of all, I loved how he perfectly presented how biased society was against the mentally ill. How unfair, how cruel, it was to be mentally ill and still be mocked. My favourite paragraph was this extract:

Cliff looks at me for a second, as if he does not know how to respond, and then says, "Tell me what worries you." 

"My father refers to T.O. as a psychotic pill popper. And on the phone this week, Jake also made jokes about T.O. taking pills, calling Owen a nutter." 

"Why does this bother you?" 

"Well, the reports I read in the sports pages claimed that T.O. was possibly battling depression." 

"Yes." 

"Well," I say, "That would suggest that he needs therapy." 

"And?" 

"If Terrell Owens is really depressed or mentally unstable, why do the people I love use it as an excuse to talk badly about him?" 

Cliff takes a deep breath. "Hmmm." 

"Doesn't my dad understand that I'm a psychopathic pill popper too?" 

"As your therapist, I can confirm that you are clearly not psychopathic, Pat." 

"But I'm on all sorts of pills." 

"And yet you are not abusing your medications." 

I can see what Cliff means, but he doesn't really understand how I feel — which is a mix of very complicated and hard-to-convey emotions, I realise — so I drop the subject.

I think it's a beautiful paragraph. Awesome read! Definitely very much worth buying! The movie was great too, though they left out a number of good scenes from the book. Still, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper did a great job!