• Here you could find your review in the near future ...
• 20.11.2021: "I am reading part 1 at the moment and I am excited. The book is written highly interesting. One can realise, regarding the style of writing, how it starts well orginised and later, it jumps chronically according to the illness. It is written very captivating. Also, the chapters are complete within themselves, which makes it easy to put it aside from time to time. That makes it easier, as it is not a light or easy-going topic. Fascinating, your life."

• 14 march 2021: „Finally I have found the courage to read the 3^rd part of your book. It deeply impressed me. This is mainly because I know most of the characters in your book in person, but also because of your very personal descriptions. It took a lot of courage from you to give such disclosure about very personal details. I congratulate you on this and hope it has also contributed to coping with your insidious illness. And thank you for your advice in Chapter 9. I learned a lot of new things. Thank you very much!“ 

• 08 dec 2020: „Your story touched me very much. I can well imagine how you reached your limits with these energy-sapping jobs and the private situation. In addition, there is the family burden of the illness depression. It helped me a lot to better understand beloved people in my environment with very similar problems. When nothing at all works anymore and many fears arise. The problem with the right medication. Understanding for the „invisible“ illness ... and falling deeper and deeper ... Right now we are asking ourselves (3 women) how we can help a dear friend (mother of 2 children) who has been more or less spending the last 2 years in clinics and we can not imagine an independent life for her at the moment ... we have to lead her by the hand like a child, for a long time ... but do we have the strength and the necessary patience ??? Sometimes I would like to get some advice from you, dear Mrs. Mendes, because I just think you can empathise with such people well or even better. I am really looking forward to your third book.“
• 07. dec 2020: "  I started reading with great interest. Your stories are very touching and I find it admirable how you allow insights into your life. I perceived you as a very strong woman and it impressed me again and again, how you coped with your everyday life. But at some point even the strongest person's strength will be exhausted and I think it is really strong of you to write about it so openly and honestly. I very much hope that your publications are successful and that you both find the way to throw off your heavy burdens and sail in calmer waters in the future. Book Part 3 is pre-ordered."
  
• 23. nov 2020:  "The books show very clearly, how a severe depression can express itself. The part about the psychiatric expertise report has made me angry by even reading about it."
  
• 22. nov 2020: "Very excitingly written. Very informative. One can empathize with how you are doing. Very informative for people who don't have much to do with the mentally ill (we are not one of them). It would be nice if more people would read your books so that there could be more understanding. You reveal a lot of your life. It's all the more interesting. Very honest and openly written. Great books. Highly recommended! Wow! "
• 21. nov 2020: "You explained very impressively and authentically what goes on 'inside' a person when they are mentally troubled, how thoughts come and go and come again. Everything turns like a wheel. It's a vicious circle. The fact that the psyche can cause physical complaints is also very well described."
• 07. nov 2020: "Written for Compassion - A must have for anyone who has relatives or friends with depression, or who works in the healthcare professions. The book helps one to understand people with depression and also to identify the gaps and errors in treatment / in the system. It is written in an exciting way, and you can very well empathize with how the author was doing. Good book, I can only recommend it."
• 04. nov 2020: "I devoured the books with great interest. I could hardly put them down in between because they are written so excitingly. I am very happy to have heard of these books. I also have a person in my family who suffers from depression. My fellow human beings often do not believe me or cannot understand it. It was so good to read your books and to see that you are about the same as the person in my family.This person is going through very similar things. It gave me courage and strength. Thanks for that."
• 03. nov 2020: "I found the books very exciting. But I also had to put it on its side every now and then, because in between, what you experienced affected me closely. I was able to find myself in many situations. I know some of the things that you have been through. The books show how it can be."
• 03. nov 2020: "The book is interesting and although luckily I was never hit that badly, I see a lot of parallels.
• 01. nov 2020: "I read the books right away. I couldn't stop at all. They are written so exciting. I am very happy that your books gave me an insight into the life of a depressive person. It helps me understand my daughter better. I am very amazed at what you had to experience. I did benefit  by your books."
• 30. oct 2020: "I read your books with great interest. What a drama! Shocking, your life story! I understand your repeated despair and at the same time admire your struggles against disease and bureaucracy. That you had to experience so many human disappointments is deeply tragic; unbearable, that must make you sick respectively prevent a cure.
• Mit grossem Interesse habe ich deine Bücher gelesen. Was für ein Drama! Erschütternd, deine Lebensgeschichte! Ich verstehe deine wiederholte Verzweiflung und bewundere gleichzeitig deine Kämpfe gegen die Krankheit wie auch die Bürokratie. Dass du so viele menschliche Enttäuschungen erleben musstest ist zutiefst tragisch; nicht auszuhalten, das muss ja krank machen resp. eine Heilung verhindern. Let's hope that part 3 of your book will be called "we see light at the end of the tunnel" and part 4 then "we finally made it"

I received these reviews / messages on a date which was before they were published: 

• I only started reading yesterday. I ran tears. Inconceivably; and yet it is reality. Your book becomes more exciting the further I read. Really good.
• Super. You move me to tears. 
• It is very interesting.
• The book is very good. You should have become a book writer.
  

I am looking forward to further exciting reviews. You too?  -  Please note that German reviews were translated by me.