Ned Vizzini's Its Kind Of a Funny Story Book Review

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 Its Kind of a Funny Story 

By Ned Vizzini 


Published Year: 2006

Page Count: 444 pages 

Medium Used: Kindle Scribe 

Genre: Young Adult, Mental Illness, Chronic Depression, Drugs, Psychiatric Clinics, 2025-read. 

Rating : 5/5 🌟 😎 😀 




This story is so so relatable. It could easily happen to any of us. The world has become very competitive and there is FOMO among people for everything. Looking at others and comparing our life with them and wanting, craving things that they are enjoying has become the norm. This builds and places enormous pressure upon young people right from a very early age. 


One such individuals is the fictitious main character in our story - Craig Gilner. He has studied real hard and made it into a very competitive school. Unable to cope with the pressure after entering there, he begins thinking in a loop, without doing anything - of all the study he must do for homework, all the things that he must do to finish the school because he thinks succeeding at this school equates for him to succeeding in life. He stops eating, sleeping and develops chronic depression. His psychopharamacologist suggests his antidepressant medicine (Zoloft) and for a while his condition becomes tolerable. Then he stops his medication and plans to take his life. He commits himself to a psychiatric hospital. And that changes his life. For the better. He makes many constructive relationships there and cuts off some prior bad influences. The anathema attached to mental illness or the admission of it among youngsters is on a clear display here. They know something is wrong with them mentally but they are shy and wary to admit it to the world .. which might brand them as a nutcase. Shame! 


This should be an eye opener to parents who want the best for the children but fail to see if the child is upto it or not. This is an universal lesson .. applies for every one and everywhere. I highly recommend this to all the competitive kids and youth to read and learn that pursuing what we like to do is often .. nah, always .. the best path to a fulfilling life! Period. 

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