As a person who fortunately never suffered from depression, I never gave it that much thought or tried to empathise with it. Only after one of my closest friends told me he started seeing a psychologist because he feels like he might be suffering from it, I started to pay more attention. And I think that after reading "I Never Said I Loved You" I finally can see the impact depression can make on one' s life and the importance of not taking it lightly.

The story presented in this book is written in a painfully witty and clever way, but you can sense the seriousness of the situation in every joke. I enjoyed the honesty and self-reflection that Samadder had to have in order to look back at his past and trying to understand it in retrospect. The book must have been a therapeutic way for the author to forgive himself and people that done him wrong. I am sure this story can help and make those in a similar situation feel less alone.

Even though this book gave me a serious emotional kick, it was so worth it. There wasn't a part that would feel out of place or not thought through and I have enjoyed every chapter. Rhik Samadder proved, at least for me, that even if he failed at many careers, he truly knows how to write and I am hoping for more books in the future.

Having read Rhik Samadder's fantastically funny Guardian columns, along with an extract from I Never Said I Loved You about a comically failed audition, I wasn't prepared for the book to be a pretty dark memoir about abuse and depression. A difficult read, but very worthwhile. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

I laughed, I cried, I cringed, I empathised. If you read this you will go through just about every known emotion. Such a brilliant read, brutish in its honesty and absolutely outstanding.