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Well-developed characters. Interesting plot. Vivid descriptions. A satisfying read!

*I received a complimentary ARC of this book in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.

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Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the eARC.
The description of the book and stellar reviews sounded like something I'd love. An amusing story set in an upscale mental rehabilitation facility with quirky characters; it sounded just what I needed.
Unfortunately, it was a disappointment to me: not funny and the quirky characters were just annoying. Halfway through I decided to give up, it just wasn't for me.

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This was unlike anything about mental health that I have ever read. The author did an amazing job with the way they wrote the story and the development of the plot and the characters. What an absolutely unique book that I read in one day and loved. Every page was a new surprise and experience, Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read and write about this book.

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This may be the funniest, most bizarre, and insane story of a mental health facility dedicated to treating the very small subset of the population that suffer from a devastating mental illness.

Attached to a vineyard, the fictional Northern Lights mental health facility allows its residents to develop and refine themselves over time. Much as it takes a long time for grapes to become wine, so, too, does it take time to delve into the depths one the human psyche.

I read this book with my jaw dropping ever wider with each page and as each new escapade unfolded. Clearly, not every reader will enjoy Discovering Sanity as much as I did. But for those with a sense that life is quite frequently bizarre and the willingness to leap into an alternate reality - well, they are in for a rare treat.

I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher. I look forward to reading other books by Emma Janson.

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This book was extremely well written. The author's writing made the relationships between the characters and those at the facility, Northern Lights, that they opened realistic. I found this to be one of the best novels about mental health that I have read in a long time.

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A truly fascinating character study of mental health. The characters and their stories are unique, and so brilliantly crafted.

Northern Lights is a mental health facility but that isn't at the core of the book. The real heart of the story comes from the characters and their relationships with themselves and others at Northern Lights.

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