What follows is a week of re-discovery, as the other patients around her show her the true meaning of sanity, of happiness, and of living. However, she awakes a week later in a mental hospital, and learns that she only partially succeeded - while she did not die right away, the pills have ruined her heart, and she has at most a week to live. So, she downs a handful of sleeping pills and awaits death’s embrace, fully confident in her decision. But the mundane routine of day-to-day life, no matter how pleasant it may seem, has zapped Veronika’s life of all meaning, and she decides that the only great adventure left for her is death. Veronika seems to have it all - intelligence, talent, beauty, a loving family, an array of lovers, a stable job. From August Staff Picks to Conclude Your Summer
With a surprising twist ending that will have you furious, amazed, and thrilled, don’t miss out on, Veronika Decides To Die. In a matter of days, she lives out a love story and her dream to be a pianist in such a way that she is able to awaken the desire to live a full life even in the hearts of those most lost. However, through the help of some new, “crazy” friends, she decides that she actually has love and hope for life and wants to live her last few days doing something only a truly insane person would, following her dreams. As a result, Veronika grapples with her own hopelessness facing the inevitability of death. Upon waking up, she is told that the attempt has damaged her heart and that she only has upwards of a week to live. The failed attempt lands her in the notoriously famous insane asylum known as Villette. Based on a true story, the book is written about 24 year old Veronika who decides to kill herself. In a way that feels completely relatable, Paulo Coelho tells a story of overcoming the darkest night of your life in order to find hope and inspiration.
However, after giving it a second try, this has become one of my absolute favorite novels. As a matter of fact, I began the audiobook of it on a roadtrip and quickly turned it off in favor of finding something more uplifting while being on the road.
This was one of the more difficult books for me to get started on. How quickly someone can go from being ready to die to truly falling in love with life? Touching on topics like spirituality, the soul, human spirit, following dreams, and the true definition of sanity, Veronika Decides to Die answers just this in way that only Paulo Coelho could.
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