Mary's Review: I Don't Want to Be Crazy by Samantha Schutz

I freely admit to being a sucker for poetry books. It's true talent to be able to write a narrative in such a form and not have it be boring beyond reason. So naturally this book fell into my grasp. Not a fiction book but a memoir, Crazy is the confidings of a young woman: normal, heading off to college the same as most people her age. However, Samantha also suffered panic attacks (imagine if you will being terrified about nothing-your breathing's shallow, the world goes fuzzy-and unable to stop it or even know why). The book is the trials and tribulations of such a burden through college, a few semesters overseas and finally the sad truth: even if the little pills make it better, some things never really go away. Crazy is written in verse and a fast read, though a few chapter poems seem to be out of place in the narrative. The book reads like fiction, maybe because to think of it in terms of real occurences. Such is life. It's not always pretty.
Final Verdict: 4P, 3Q