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Summary: Sad, but timeless story
Review: I first read this book in the 1970's, I don't even recall how old I was. My friends were reading it, so I did. I knew nothing about mental illness in those days, and this book helped open my eyes.I recently bought another copy of this book and re-read it. Having fought through years of depression in my adult life, this book now has a different meaning for me. However, I still feel it's an important book for teens and pre-teens to read, especially with the rise of depression in teenagers and adults.
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Summary: Lisa Bright and Dark
Review: Lisa Bright and Dark is a brilliantly written novel. It goes into the mind and innerworkings of a confused teen girl. She thinks she hears British voices that lead her to insanity and suicidal tendencies. I would suggest this book to teens within the age range of 14-17, or anyone interested in pshycology.
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Summary: Good book
Review: Lisa, Bright and Dark was an interesting book. I chose the book because I was interesred in Lisa's mental problem. Lisa, a high school girl, realizes that she is going crazy. When she goes to school some days she will have a "bright day" when she is in a good mood and talkitive. Other days would be a "dark day," and she would dress in all black and isolate herself. Lisa's friends decide to have help sessions in their houses and begin to diagnose her. One of Lisa's friends Elizibeth, finds Lisa a doctor to help. Lisa encounters many obsticles including attempting suicide. I really enjoyed this book and it's good if you want a short book to read. You wont want to put it down, even though it seems to go on forever.
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Summary: Interesting
Review: This book, along with many other books I have read about the mentally ill, was very interesting. It is a little old fashion, compared to Cut, but very good all the same. It's about a young girl slowly losing her mind, and her friends who help her get the help she needs. It's the classic story of the parents not believing the child, and then the children must take care of the problem themselves. I recomend this book to anyone who wants to read it, and I want to say, enjoy it!
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Summary: Underrated Classic
Review: This is perhaps one of the best young adult books ever written and it is extremely underrated. You practically never hear about it because it goes more into the reality of mental illness than the fluff of mindless girls dating mindless boys. This book tells the story of Lisa, a girl who is "losing her mind" and the only people who seem to notice are her friends. Her parents are basically either in denial or are ignoring it. Her teachers just think she's acting out. Only her friends seem to notice that she's spiraling out of control. They develop a plan to rescue her from herself, but they have to hurry before she does too much damage to herself.
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Summary: Lisa Bright and Dark
Review: My book was called Lisa Bright and Dark. This book was ok. I liked it for the most part. This book is basically about a girl named Lisa who's 16 and has a disease that will affect her life forever. The disease she has is called schizophrenia. This affects her life in many ways. She seems like a normal teenage girl. She's pretty, popular, and has a boyfriend. But all this changes when this disease affects her. But no one really believes that she has this disease because she seems so average, no-one suspects she could be losing her mind. She tries to tell her parents there's something wrong with her, but they don't believe her and don't listen to her asking for help. But she changes a lot, her friends can tell there's something wrong with her. She has her bright days and her dark days. But she doesn't really try to talk to them about what's wrong with her. She just keeps to herself and pushes everyone else away. She doesn't even try talking to her boyfriend. She doesn't try talking to anyone or telling anyone else about this but asking her parents for help but they don't give it to her.
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Summary: Dated.
Review: Lisa is smart, pretty, popular and going insane. On "bright days" she's normal. On "dark days" she just sits there at her schooldesk and listens to the voices inside her head. Realizing that she is ill, she asks her parents to take her to a psychiatrist. They ignore the problem and say she's just going through a stage. Lisa begins to act increasingly bizarrely. An episode of self-mutilation at school earns her a six-week vacation in Florida, but no actual help. By then her teachers have realized that something is seriously wrong, but their hands are tied. The only people who really try to help Lisa are her friends: Mary Nell, Betsy, and Elizabeth. Together they form a therapy group where Lisa sits and talks to them about what's going on. But it doesn't help. Lisa walks through a plate-glass window; her parents still don't pay attention. Only when she attempts suicide do they really wake up. I found this book to be rather dated. It was written back in the sixties. The parents' reaction was unbelievable and the ending came too quickly and too fairy-taleishly. I'm not saying it was a terrible book, but I've read many that were much better.
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Summary: The Best Book I Have Ever Read
Review: Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufeld is the best novel I have ever read. Although the plot involves suicide, mental illness, and cruelty, the theme of the novel is truly beautiful. I can identify with each of the 4 girls in the story, and I really think that most teenage girls will too. The fact that teenage girls, who should be having the time of their lives, partying, dating, and having fun, spend every moment of their day concentrating on a friend, because they care, is the meaning of TRUE FRIENDSHIP. Lisa appears to have it all; looks, boyfriend, friends, grades, but she is deeply troubled, and no adults are smart enough to notice it. They try to ignore the problem, which only makes it worse. This short book is something you should read, because it is a story of friends who care.
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Summary: Years later...
Review: Recently, another book title triggered the memory of this one for me. And, I recall devouring this book as a teen almost 30 years ago. I remember intensely indentifying with Lisa inasmuch as I was feeling as though adults were very detached from me and nowhere near understanding the life of a younger person. This book also appealed to my interest in psychology, though I wasn't aware of it at the time. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Totally amazing...
Review: This book tells the story of Lisa and her friends. Lisa is a high school student who has gone from being your average bubbly teenage girl to being suicidal and acting very oddly for the times. This story was placed in the sixties, when mental illness was VERY taboo. Her parents want to ignore her disturbed behavior, because they think she's just being stupid. Her friends, however, are seeing the dangers behind her self-destructive behavior. I think this book is rather descriptive in its matter, which is good, because sometimes, with things like this, you have to be seeing what's going on in your mind to understand it. Of course, I think it would be cool if they had done the story from Lisa's point of view, too.
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