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Michael Ford Suicide Book Review
My favorite book of all time is ‘Suicide Notes’ by Michael Ford. My favorite character in the book is the main character, Jeff. On New Year’s Day, Jeff wakes up to find that he has been placed in a hospital—specifically, in the psychiatric ward. When he realizes where he is, he is positive there has been a mistake and that he should not be in the hospital, especially the psychiatric ward. He looks at everyone else and tells his doctor that he isn’t like them. He isn’t crazy. Despite the bandages he has on his wrist from where he attempted suicide, he claims he is normal and nothing like the other people in the group. He starts off his forty-five day journey as stubborn as stubborn can be, he doesn’t want to talk about his problems because

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