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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
Grabbed this from my friends house to read after the devastation that was King of Scars. Despite this being a “YA” book, I felt it was more a mature middle grade style of writing with adult themes. The story was fine and it carried a good message about mental illness. It was very easy and enjoyable to read, helped to take my mind off other things.
What I love most about Lottie Biggs Is (Not) Mad by Hayley Long is that it is extremely funny. Lottie Biggs is such a fun and endearing character that I couldn't help but fall in love with her pretty early on in the story. From hair-dye dramas to the wonderful little illustrations throughout, I was thoroughly entertained reading this book.
As Lottie writes about her life, school, her friends, her job and her enormous fascination with Gareth Stingecombe's manly thighs, I really got a great sense of who she is. She has a very typical nearly 15 attitude, and she can be slightly self-obsessed and a tad obnoxious/annoying but I think that's part of her charm! For me, an added bonus is that this book in set in Wales!
Lottie Biggs has a wonderful voice and I could really relate to her as a person. She a has a wonderul best friend, Goose and together they have mad little adventures during their Saturday job at a shoe store. I loved how much Lottie bounces around in her feelings for Gareth, poor boy. While some of her decisions seem a little strange at first, we soon discover something more serious going on. Because it isn't all rosy in Lottie's life either. In fact, things really take a turn for the worrying, as Lottie deals with what she calls a 'mental disturbance.'
And here's where I went from really liking the book into loving it. I really loved the way in which Lottie's mental health issues are handled in this book. The information regarding what Lottie is going through is told sensitively and without preaching or being heavy-handed at all. Everything felt very realistic in the way that Lottie responds to it. I love that her mental disturbance isn't the defining characteristic of the book in the same way that it doesn't define who Lottie is.
She's still a wonderful, full-of-life girl and I'm really glad she has such an amazing amount of support around her, from her mother, to Goose to Gareth Stingecombe. I really can't wait to read more of Lottie in the sequel, Lottie Biggs Is (Not) Desperate, and I couldn't be happier to see books regarding mental illness for a young adult audience written in such an engaging way.
As Lottie writes about her life, school, her friends, her job and her enormous fascination with Gareth Stingecombe's manly thighs, I really got a great sense of who she is. She has a very typical nearly 15 attitude, and she can be slightly self-obsessed and a tad obnoxious/annoying but I think that's part of her charm! For me, an added bonus is that this book in set in Wales!
Lottie Biggs has a wonderful voice and I could really relate to her as a person. She a has a wonderul best friend, Goose and together they have mad little adventures during their Saturday job at a shoe store. I loved how much Lottie bounces around in her feelings for Gareth, poor boy. While some of her decisions seem a little strange at first, we soon discover something more serious going on. Because it isn't all rosy in Lottie's life either. In fact, things really take a turn for the worrying, as Lottie deals with what she calls a 'mental disturbance.'
And here's where I went from really liking the book into loving it. I really loved the way in which Lottie's mental health issues are handled in this book. The information regarding what Lottie is going through is told sensitively and without preaching or being heavy-handed at all. Everything felt very realistic in the way that Lottie responds to it. I love that her mental disturbance isn't the defining characteristic of the book in the same way that it doesn't define who Lottie is.
She's still a wonderful, full-of-life girl and I'm really glad she has such an amazing amount of support around her, from her mother, to Goose to Gareth Stingecombe. I really can't wait to read more of Lottie in the sequel, Lottie Biggs Is (Not) Desperate, and I couldn't be happier to see books regarding mental illness for a young adult audience written in such an engaging way.
En fait, je ne m'attendais pas du tout à ça...
Je pensais que ce serait léger, une version ado de la chick lit alors que sous ses airs de lecture facile, ce roman aborde un thème délicat, la maladie maniacodépressive, sous un jour totalement nouveau!
On ne tombe pas du tout dans le pathos de la maladie et au contraire, ça reste frais, innovant et drôle!
En bref, j'ai bien aimé cette lecture originale!
Autre point positif: J'ai beaucoup aimé le design du livre. Lottie rédige ce texte comme s'il s'agissait d'un devoir à rendre à son prof de français, et elle l'agrémente de dessins et autres annotations qui ne manquent pas d'humour et d'autodérision!
Je pensais que ce serait léger, une version ado de la chick lit alors que sous ses airs de lecture facile, ce roman aborde un thème délicat, la maladie maniacodépressive, sous un jour totalement nouveau!
On ne tombe pas du tout dans le pathos de la maladie et au contraire, ça reste frais, innovant et drôle!
En bref, j'ai bien aimé cette lecture originale!
Autre point positif: J'ai beaucoup aimé le design du livre. Lottie rédige ce texte comme s'il s'agissait d'un devoir à rendre à son prof de français, et elle l'agrémente de dessins et autres annotations qui ne manquent pas d'humour et d'autodérision!
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Love the pictures!
A book which starts out light and slowly turns into something completely different.
A book which starts out light and slowly turns into something completely different.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I've never laughed so hard out loud because of a book. I LOVE LOTTIE BIGGS!
I borrowed Lottie Biggs is (not) Mad from my library, and at the last page of the book, someone has written "A+" - I love the person who did that.
I don't have anything else to say, but... READ IT NOW
I borrowed Lottie Biggs is (not) Mad from my library, and at the last page of the book, someone has written "A+" - I love the person who did that.
I don't have anything else to say, but... READ IT NOW
One of the few books that I've actually loved enough to read multiple times. Would recommend to any teenage girl
I was so disappointed with this book because I loved the first book. This was a huge step down.
In this book Lottie is a whiny, little brat who is head over heels for some idiotic athlete. She is really annoying and a total baby.
When I picked this book up, I was hoping to read another book about insanity and depression but instead I get a book about a girl who doesn't know if she is ready to have sex yet.
Really its like all authors think teenagers care about is sex, movies about sex and books about sex.
I hate to break it to you, authors, but no, its not. In most cases the people who will read your book are not going to be your dumb, sex-obsessed maniacs, it will be the intellectual teenagers who actually think about and want to read about others things beside sex.
And so I am forced to give you a laughable 1.3 for your worthless book.
In this book Lottie is a whiny, little brat who is head over heels for some idiotic athlete. She is really annoying and a total baby.
When I picked this book up, I was hoping to read another book about insanity and depression but instead I get a book about a girl who doesn't know if she is ready to have sex yet.
Really its like all authors think teenagers care about is sex, movies about sex and books about sex.
I hate to break it to you, authors, but no, its not. In most cases the people who will read your book are not going to be your dumb, sex-obsessed maniacs, it will be the intellectual teenagers who actually think about and want to read about others things beside sex.
And so I am forced to give you a laughable 1.3 for your worthless book.
