The book begins with the lines “On November 11, 1997, Veronika decided that the moment to kill herself had-at last!-arrived. Based on some of his personal experiences in quite a few mental institutions, he explores the darkness within the minds of those who try to kill themselves exploring questions like “why do they do it? What do they gain by killing themselves if it means to end their lives? Do they think of the consequences and the effect they will have after they die?” Along with the major question that still exists in the real world and always has been since the dawn of human intellect and suicide “What can we do to prevent suicides” and tries to answer then through the view of both the doctors involved with Veronika as well as Veronika herself.

The book is about the psychological journey of a 24-year-old girl Veronika who got fed up with life and it’s mundanity and one day decides to kill herself.

Veronica decides to die is a 1998 Novel by the Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho who is widely known for the use of human psychology in his books and how they always reflect some parts of the dark conscience of a human in one way or another.

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