The novel that I read for the first semester of SSR was Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella. This book is 286 pages and is easily one of my favorites it deals with very important topics such a mental health and the effects that bullying can have on a person. The genre of this book is realistic fiction, romance, and comedy. The plot of this book is about a 14 year old girl named Audrey suffering with social anxiety disorder that seemingly disrupts her everyday life. She is a prisoner in her home constantly has on her dark sunglasses because the though of making eye contact with anyone makes her nervous. Throughout the book you see her journey to recovery and although she does meet a boy named Linus it is in no way a cliche romance story. I really loved how the main character Audrey even not having met Linus yet still wanted to make the effort to improve her mental health. I also love that it sheds a light on mental illnesses and makes people aware of what someone going through that feels like.
Although the characters speak British the writing of the book is not complex. In terms of character development the main character definitely is a different person by the end of the book. If I had to change one thing about the novel it would have been to see Audrey's therapist perspective. One thing I didn't enjoy was at the end of the book I felt like it was left undone. It needed more closure in terms with dealing with a conflict surrounding the main character and the people who caused her anxiety. Overall I highly recommend this book to anyone.
The book seems very interesting, I've never read a book through the perspective of a person with an anxiety disorder before.
ReplyDeleteI would love to read this book. I have read a small amount of books that have a character with some sort of mental disorder, but never one that has had a person like that as the main character. It seems really interesting, I should check it out.
ReplyDeleteI would really enjoy this book because it's not any fictional story with an unrealistic plot. It's real life with what a real person would go through and not a lot of author's write about a person with a mental disorder, everyone just seems to be perfect. Seems really cool, I like it.
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