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4.5
This book was powerful, heart wrenching and triumphant. I have yet to read a book that describes agoraphobia, OCD and anxiety with such understanding and gentleness.
What I loved most about this book was that the budding relationship between Norah and Luke didn't create this amazing change. It was beautiful, it was changing, but it wasn't the cure. So many books create love interests that magically make everything all better in books about characters struggling with mental illness. We leave Norah small and incredibly bold steps ahead from where we first saw her, but her transformation was natural, progresses slowly, and while nurtured by Luke in its own way, it was very much of the self. In the end we didn't have a character healed thanks to the power of love, but a character learning to find her way with the help of a loving supportive doctor, mother, boyfriend, and heaps of inner strength she mustered by trying to love herself.
This book was powerful, heart wrenching and triumphant. I have yet to read a book that describes agoraphobia, OCD and anxiety with such understanding and gentleness.
What I loved most about this book was that the budding relationship between Norah and Luke didn't create this amazing change. It was beautiful, it was changing, but it wasn't the cure. So many books create love interests that magically make everything all better in books about characters struggling with mental illness. We leave Norah small and incredibly bold steps ahead from where we first saw her, but her transformation was natural, progresses slowly, and while nurtured by Luke in its own way, it was very much of the self. In the end we didn't have a character healed thanks to the power of love, but a character learning to find her way with the help of a loving supportive doctor, mother, boyfriend, and heaps of inner strength she mustered by trying to love herself.
Norah’s head is officially my favourite character’s head to be in. i’ve never felt more interested and absorbed into a character i think. she was so many things all at once and what made it really intriguing was the fact that our thoughts and patterns are so different, yet kind of similar. i loved this book and besides my obvious love for Norah, i think the author did an incredible job with the pacing and depth of Norah and Luke’s relationship. nothing felt forced and everything was dealt with in such a mature and careful way. a new favorite
Honestly this books was way more of a trigger for my anxiety than anything else.
➸ 3 stars
Pros:
♡ The representation of mental illness (Agoraphobia & OCD)
♡ DAUGHTER-MOM RELATIONSHIP
♡ The conclusion that falling in love with someone can't resolve the illness.
Cons:
✑ The ending just feels rush for me; somehow it doesn't make sense.
❥ Favourite quote
"We can assume the best, but we can't choose how people perceive us. We can, however, choose how those views affect us."
Pros:
♡ The representation of mental illness (Agoraphobia & OCD)
♡ DAUGHTER-MOM RELATIONSHIP
♡ The conclusion that falling in love with someone can't resolve the illness.
Cons:
✑ The ending just feels rush for me; somehow it doesn't make sense.
❥ Favourite quote
"We can assume the best, but we can't choose how people perceive us. We can, however, choose how those views affect us."
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Young Adult romance novels are not my cup of tea - even when there's this really compelling idea behind them. Kind of like Wait Until Dark and Rear Window but without Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly.
This book really surprised me! It's one that has been on my tbr for a while now, but I've never had time to pick it up. The writing did out me off a little when I first started reading this book, though I think it only had to do with the fact that I hadn't read a book like this in awhile. I'm also not the biggest fan of romance in books, but I didn't mind the romance in this book since it also focused a lot on the main character's OCD and agoraphobia issues.
