Each story is funny and engaging, featuring the cast of horrid henry characters that children love. Having read a lot of these ya mental health books, ive started to notice this really annoying reoccurring theme of pretentiousness, so it was nice to find one thats a bit more downtoearth with a main character who just seems like an average guy who anybody can identify with. Ned vizzini later died by suicide on december 19, 20. This book just did it for me and led me to read all his other books as well, theyre so good. The book was inspired by vizzinis own brief hospitalization for depression in november 2004. A book about depression thats not the least bit depressing. Its kind of a funny story by ned vizzini goodreads. Brilliant, edgy story about suicide best for mature teens. An ambitious new student at manhattans prestigious executive preprofessional high school, craig gilner suddenly discovers. Never have i wanted to laugh at a characters cynical humour while wanting to cry over the bleakness of his life. The book received recognition as a 2007 best book for young adults from the american library association a film adaptation, directed by anna boden and ryan fleck, was. Naaahned is also the author of be more chill, the first young adult novel ever chosen as a today show book club pick, as well as one of entertainment weeklys top ten books for 2004. Loosely based on the personal experience of author ned vizzini, it follows the story of fifteenyearold craig gilner, whose depression and decision to end his life lands him in the adult psychiatric unit of a brooklyn hospital.
I was emotionally invested and, more so, emotionally torn. Vizzini manages to capture the heart and the pain that is. Its kind of a funny story is a 2006 novel by american author ned vizzini. During craig s five day stay at the hospital he observes and interacts with the other patients. All he does is sleep in his bed and when it is time for lunch he has his food brought to him in his room. Its kind of a funny story by prince mclean on prezi. Sell your book in the blurb bookstore, through amazon, or in the global retail network of over 38,000 retailers, libraries, and schools. Mental illness is not something to dismiss, its life threatening, and this book showcases this in such an amazing way which needs to. Print as you go sell one copy at a time and let blurb fulfill the orders or place a large order and sell inperson. The stories focus on reallife issues, such as nits and school trips, that young readers will relate to, with just enough horrid henry mischief to amuse even the most reluctant of readers.
Ned vizzini began writing for the new york press at the age of fifteen. It s kind of a funny story is a comingofage novel for young adults. It s so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself craig thinks to himself. It s kind of a funny story is a 2006 novel by american author ned vizzini. Ned vizzinis its kind of a funny story tells the hopeful story of a teen finding. At nineteen, he had his first book published, teen angst. By incorporating craigs therapy sessions into the plot, ned helped to relay the. Using this, you can kind of see how some stations have more people taking bikes in the mornings and some have more people taking them at nights possibly tofrom work. The book was inspired by vizzinis own brief hospitalization for depression in. It s kind of a funny story was better than i was expecting. It s kind of a funny story ned vizzini exposition ned vizzini introduces the main chracter craig and the mental state he is in. It was remarkably hard using d3, just like we were warned that it takes a different kind of thinking.