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Violence
Some
A death by suicide (a character jumps to his death) is a major plot point; otherwise low physical violence
Language
Barely any
Minimal strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Not a significant element
Substance Use
Barely any
Not a significant element
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Central focus on OCD, anxiety, depression, an unreliable narrator, obsessive fixation, and isolation; reviewers praised its realistic depiction of mental illness
What this book is about
After flunking out of college and being rejected by her father, Katrina Kim retreats into her car and into Mi-Hee and the Mirror-Man, her favorite childhood book, as her fixation on a coworker spirals. When he dies by suicide, Katrina's grip on reality and her own culpability come apart in this literary psychological thriller.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Suicide is a central plot event
Unreliable narrator with OCD/anxiety depicted in depth
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