Sick lit and the romanticisation of terminal illness
Channel: James Tullos
Date: 2019-05-14

A weirdly popular genre, for some reason. Let's talk about what's wrong with it. Spoiler warning for The Fault in Our Stars, A Walk to Remember, Five Feet Apart, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and basically everything in the genre since they all end the same way. 

If you struggle with suicidal urges, please consider using one of the following resources:
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
https://www.sprc.org/
https://old.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/

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