Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club Series #1)

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She then spent six years working as an editor, a relationship advisor, and general ‘agony aunt’ for a youth charity – helping young people with their relationships and mental health. Al principio creí que estaba tratando ambas causas de manera superficial (y haciéndoles un flaco favor a ambas), pero no.

The mental health difficulties add a further agonising challenge in Evie's life - and a fascinating dimension to the story, as the helpless reader witnesses a gradual and very painful relapse. There is so much joy and laughter for the reader in here—Bourne and her characters are so full of life and such fun to be around—but it comes with several intense moments. That doesn't mean I can't see the wonderful message or the beautiful aspect of having friends, it just doesn't work for me anymore. The groundbreaking and bestselling first Spinster Club novel from YA star Holly Bourne - "A brutal and brilliant takedown of how we talk about mental illness, feminism, and friendship.There are a few feminist YA stories out at the moment, but this is the first I've read that actually talks about feminism and discusses how to be a feminist, and I think it really could be a game changer! In the end, none of the characters were perfect but they were perfect teenagers and made mistakes everyone does at their age.

And if Evie can’t even tell her new friends Amber and Lottie the truth about herself, how will she cope when she falls in love? Also, the concept of feminism today has sadly taken a turn to the worse with some people and I do think this book clearly explained what feminism is: equality to both sexes. In addition to that, this book deals with concepts of feminism which I think were great as well and handled right. She worries about all the usual teenage dramas but she also worries about her rituals and being normal. From pretty much the moment I started reading it I knew that I’d been right and she wrote it exactly the way I wanted it to be.

At times these overlap at lot and it's impossible to see where the line ends between teenage worries and her illness. In particular, I love protagonists who acknowledge their flaws and the fact they will make mistakes before they make them. But relationships can mess with anyone’s head – something Evie’s new friends Amber and Lottie know only too well.

Evie, Lottie and Amber start a Spinster club to talk about feminist issues and what it’s like to be a teenage girl. But Overall, this book made me realize, that actually not everyone is perfect, everyone just want to try and impress 'society' we all want to have this and have that just so we can look 'good' for others. It starts from birth, with women being given their father’s last name (which they are, traditionally, expected to retire in favour of the husband’s name upon marriage).Really good and a page-turner, helps us to recognize different ways that people deal with their lives, and how some struggle without us noticing. It deals with serious and real issues (mental illness and feminism, mainly) while managing to add humor and comedy to it. was a story of teenage friendship, feminism, and mental health, so it was my first choice book to give out on World Book Night on April 23rd. After being sectioned, Evie is almost off her meds and she is starting school at a new sixth form college.

Not realising that if those words are said to you by a medical health professional, as a diagnosis of something you'll probably have for ever, they're words you don't appreciate being misused every single day by someone who likes to keep their house quite clean". People smile and use them, proud of themselves for learning them, like they should get a sticker or something.

It’s repetitive but also can give a fresh point of view about what it means to deal with it every day of your life. En fin, protagonistas que la cagan y dejan que las traten mal, pero que luego no se tragan la justificación del tío de turno. Overall I'm in love with this book and it tipped my TBR over the edge, as I now need to read all the Holly Bourne books. I get what Holly Bourne tried to do here and I appreciate it, but I think that ship is sailed for me.