Adios, Nirvana by Conrad Wesselhoeft

“When you piss off of a bridge into a snowstorm, it feels like you're connecting with eternal things…” this was the first quote that struck my mind with a great force while reading Adios, Nirvana. in this dramatic novel, a 16 year old boy named Jonathan overcomes the suicidal thoughts to join his dead brother, Telemachus, who died to a bus accident one night while getting johnathan some cold medicine. In the beginning of the book, jonathan immediately attempts suicide by jumping off of a bridge,but to his surprise, he survives. after this the author describes the personality of the boy: a depressed teen who doesn’t get enough sleep and relives his stress through poetry and music. The way he interacts with other characters in the beginning is with alot of sarcasm and give plenty of smart alec remarks. An example of one of these remarks would be; “ We should all go on a caribbean cruise?” (pg. 18-19) this was said as jonathan was talking to one of his teachers, Dr. Bramwell (nicknamed Dr. Birdwell for his bird-like behaviors), about his role in school and how he was failing. Near the end of the novel he is a lot more serious with people and is a lot more caring for his friends and family. one example of this would be when he did the housework that Mimi, his mom, told him to do, showing that he did care about her idea of making their house into a wedding chapel.

The main idea that i think would go best with this book would be to not just rely on yourself, but not just rely on others either, but find the silver line between the two, and you’ll be alright.the reason I think that this goes with this book is because Jonathan had to overcome the depression that the death of his brother gave him, but he couldn’t do it just by himself, wh...

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the point of view in this novel is through the eyes of the main character, Jonathan. this would make it a first person point of view. this is because in the text, the words I,My, and Me are used for Jonathan’s feelings, experiences, etc. i think that the author made a fantastic order of events. starting with the suicide that would have seemed like the end of a book was like putting a pinch of paprika on your poached eggs, a lot of action in a short amount of time. and the rest is a pretty typical plot, start out with the conflict, then a long period of slow rising action, and finally, the climax followed by a short period of falling action. I think the author made it this way because it kept you reading and reading so you could get to the climax quicker, which made this book one of my favorites.