Every Heart a Doorway

Every Heart A Doorway is wonderfully weird and twisty, and I loved every minute of it.

- The concept is absolutely fantastic — there was some vague mention of different worlds and their classifications (such as High Logic and High Nonsense), which was super interesting! I wish the author fleshed these worlds out a bit more though.

- It talks about mental illness very intelligently. Eleanor's school provides a strong foundation of support for these kids by allowing them to realize that they are not alone, that there are people who understand what they're going through. Which was a quite pleasant & thoroughly wholesome approach towards PTSD, all things being considered.

- It also addressed sexual discrimination and stereotyping (++gender identity) in a way that I really identified with, particularly as someone who grew up around my many, many guy cousins in a deeply patriarchal culture & struggled with my family image because of it.

- I thought the murder plot was a bit too muchwince I really wanted more world-building, more of the healing and coming-to-terms aspect of the book, so while the thriller aspect was compelling, I didn't particularly appreciate the turns that the story took.