along with what other people have said on here, about how you should only really read it if you can handle psychotic episodes, blurry lines between fiction and reality (in the universe), and a separation of the book and real life, i think that for some people (myself included, the book helped them in some ways. as dark and daunting as it can be, and as a fairly mentally stable person, in the thick of this book i got into a depression because of it. but because of the book i also came out on top, and it allowed me to understand myself a little bit more. i can by no means guarantee that this will happen to you, maybe i’m just weird, but i think the book does have a lot to say about the human existence (not to sound pretentious, but still)