Book Talk for Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos
Young Adult

Transcript:
    Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets  is probably the best young adult book I've ever read. This book tells the story of James, a high schooler suffering from severe anxiety and depression. A lot of this stems from the fact that his parents are both physically and emotionally abusive towards their son. While it is YA, you could also maybe consider it to also be a mystery novel. James is trying to figure out why his sister, the only one he could really talk to, was kicked out of the house. Meanwhile, he's also trying to help himself cope with his own problems.

     The mood of the book fluctuated between sad and happy a lot through the book-- it never stayed as just one. This made the book really cool because while it could make you laugh it could also make you cry. This book is abut relatively negative things so it was nice how the whole book wasn't just completely depressing

     This was probably my favorite book because there are so many enjoyable things about it. The mystery around James' sister is compelling and reading about him trying to help himself is equally as interesting. He narrates with a lot of humor and his unique takes on everyday things like trees. Though, my absolute favorite thing about this book has to be Dr. Bird. Dr. Bird is an imaginary pigeon in James' head that acts as his therapist because he can't afford a real one. I thought that was pretty creative and added a happy tone to the book because she often speaks with bird puns. Overall, this is a really great book and I really recommend it.