All My Friends Are Invisible: the inspirational childhood memoir

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In writing this book, Joly hopes to reach out to all those who, like him, have relied on invisible friends for emotional support. Jonathan's invisible friends were his lifeline, and on that day at the airport, they came flooding back, and have remained with him to this day. I find this book extremely demeaning and a complete insult to those who are genuinely struggling with mental health issues.

I urge anybody reading this book, or contemplating it, to please seek professional help if you have imaginary friends, worlds or hear voices as an adult for the first time. School Uniforms are the New Black: Jonathan Joly, like other students at his school, had to wear a uniform all the time.Jonathan’s invisible friends were his lifeline, and on that day at the airport, they came flooding back, and have remained with him to this day.

This extraordinary and beautifully-written childhood memoir is not only an important, thought-provoking and exhilarating read, it provides hope and community for all those who have ever felt 'other', and proves how vital it is to provide children with the safe space to be themselves, the absence of which can have dire consequences. I hope that he’s managed to get the help he needs and can continue being his authentic self with his family, who sound lovely. No structure and it’s all over the place ,hope the person who wrote it seeks help for his mental health as it certainly sounds like he needs it.When Jonathan did his "coming out" video of course with all the constant hype I was interested to hear what was coming. But I can see it as an applaudable first book and it really does seem to mean a lot to the author writing it, which I can appreciate. Born in 1980 in Terenure, Dublin, Joly was brought up by a mother with ambitions for social climbing — the ascent to be undertaken by her children.

Firstly, the opening chapter really grabbed me and I had high hopes but then it seemed to just change from there, with no warning. I would’ve been interested to hear more about what happened after the airport situation, even as maybe one extra chapter.If he claims to have been traumatised to such a horrific extent, I have to question why he allows millions of people to watch his children online grow up and watch many private and sensitive moments. You will not be mistaken to chose this book and hopefully a series as it helps people find belonging, felt understood and the possibility life really can bring. It would have been better if it was more explained from present Jonathan connecting to past Jonathan.

I am astonished this has been published and beg anyone who is considering reading it to save their time - it truly is awful. I don’t understand or believe some of the stories either as they are so vivid,you could understand maybe 1 or 2 memories of this time being so vivid but his whole book is really a play by play of a time and situation. I did find it jarring with the switching between Jonathan and his inner friends, because I wasn't always sure who was speaking in that particular moment. It was here that he met Anna Saccone, and in 2009 Jonathan and Anna started creating YouTube videos about their lives from their small flat in Cork, Ireland.

It is a most confusing, jumbled up book which needs some serious re-editing to pull it back together.