I can never find a good feminism book do this was amazing.

I loved the romance but also explaining mental health it really opened my eyes on ocd.

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I enjoyed this

It's great for young questioning people, sets the right tone and delightfully feminist.
I have an issue with the narration. It's a bit one note. But did not spoil my apprreation of the subject matter and the way it unfolded in the story.

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Excellent and insightful story

A well written (and narrated) story which provides a very insightful look at the struggles of a teenager with OCD.

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Excellent read, moving at times

Whilst a lot of this book is light and fun it deals with dark times and there were certainly moments where I had tears in my eyes. Moving book too and it's shifted my view of the world

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The book that got me into audiobooks

Charlie Sanderson is the perfect narrator for this story. Her voice might not work everywhere, but here it captures Evie and her fears entirely, and takes the book to the next level.

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Amazing

So much emotion and perfectly narrated. Would highly recommend. Made the book 10x better and the book itself was great!

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Fantastic read

If you are going to read this book, or perhaps you have already read it once and thinking of a second read, I'd seriously recommend giving the audible version a go. Bourne has done a fantastic job of writing this book, and Charlie Sanderson has done an amazing job at bring Evie's story to life. There are several scenes, filled with emotion and tension and I dont doubt that they would eevoke strong feelings from the author, but when you can hear Sandersons emotion behind Evies words it tugs at the heart more and gives the scene an extra depth.

This is a fantastic look in to mental health and the way we perceive people and their illnesses, and whilst this is a serious subject which Bourne handles fantastically, she softens the seriousness with humour without dismissing the message.

This is one of my favourite passages from the book and I feel it gives you an idea of Bourne's approach.

“Mental illnesses have gone too far the other way. Because now mental health disorders have gone “mainstream”. And for all the good it’s brought people like me who have been given therapy and stuff, there’s a lot of bad it’s brought too. Because now people use the phrase OCD to describe minor personality quirks .

“Oooh, I like my pens in a line, I’m so OCD.
NO YOU’RE FUCKING NOT!

Oh my God, I was so nervous about that presentation. I literally had a panic attack.
NO YOU FUCKING DIDN’T!

I’m so hormonal today. I just feel totally bipolar.
SHUT UP, YOU IGNORANT BUMFACE!"

My biggest worry about this book was that after dealing with all her ups and downs, the author would allow Evie to become miraculously cured because she had found some great friends and a boy who liked her. Because that is just not how it works. Thankfully that wasn't the case. You don't suddenly become normal, the way Evie wanted to be because as her therapist Sarah says
“Everyone’s on the cliff edge of normal. Everyone finds life an utter nightmare sometimes, and there’s no “normal” way of dealing with it. There’s only what’s normal to you.”

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Amazing!

This book is great if you or a family member has the contamination/ pure-o sub type of OCD, it is an amazing book for understanding OCD while also being an attention grabbing, cant stop reading book!

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Voice v story

The voice was absolutely lovely - but at times I felt sounded too young for the character and didn't fit right.

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Sweet

Really sweet book that helped me understand ocd a bit better. Evie was so sweet and this has been one of my comfort books of this year. Even better that it was included in audible

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