Review: A Divided Mind - M. Billiter

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A Divided Mind

Review: A Divided Mind - M. Billiter - July 2019
I wasn't 100% sure what this novel would be about, but as soon as I started reading it. I found myself in my element as a topic that has been massively popular in my reading interests is those edgy books that feature issues with mental health and illnesses. In A Divided Mind by M. Billiter, we have the point of views of Tara, Branson, and Aaron. Tara is a single mother of four children and working at the local college in the admissions office. She has two sons in high school Branson and Aaron and two little ones - a daughter and a son. She is busy trying to keep her family afloat when she receives a call about her son Branson that he has blacked out. We later learn that Branson has been hearing voices and blacking out often. The therapist diagnoses it as PTSD from childhood trauma, but then we read it as it develops into schizophrenia and hallucinations as Branson has an imaginary friend Trevor. When Tara finds a journal of Branson's, she believes certain people are targeting her son and therefore tries to exact her justice but what happens when everything seems to be all part of Branson's delusions, and he starts to pull the family down with him. Can Tara persuade Branson to get the help he needs before he spirals into utter chaos and hurts one of his younger siblings or worst himself? A Divided Mind was listed as a Mystery/Thriller, but I would move it into the New Adult / Family Saga genre. If you love books that feature Mental Health and Illnesses, then you will enjoy A Divided Mind by M. Billiter.





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