Literary Cinema with Arsal Hayat

I vividly recall how happy I was to take "Turtles All The Way Down" by John Green off that shelf in our house. It was my first novel, and I was just eleven years old. I was drawn into the world of Aza Holmes, a sixteen-year-old girl who battles anxiety and OCD, as I turned the pages. I had never read anything like the story before. It touched on subjects that were new to me at the time and were emotive and unvarnished. But, despite this, I couldn't put the book down. Even for someone as young as me, John Green's writing style was captivating, and the characters were easy to interact with. I was impressed by the author's approach to mental health as I read the pages. He gave a convincing portrayal of Aza's issues with anxiety and OCD, and I couldn't help but feel a strong sense of empathy for her. I particularly liked how the author stressed the value of getting assistance and aid as well as the idea that having a mental illness does not define a person. Th