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A review by sidneyellwood
Don't Touch by Rachel M. Wilson
4.0
Other than the fact this brought back some bad memories of my Shakespeare course, this was a great book. I'm joking this really didn't have any impact on the book I'm just trying to be funny anyway
So I like theatre, and I like reading about mental illness (as a person with anxiety but not OCD), and Caddie is quite relatable because of this. The author has experience with OCD, so I assume it's accurate. I have to say - I really liked how the author connected Caddie's life to Ophelia's, and the rest of the play. I think the comparison is one of my favorite parts of the book. I loved seeing the play be put together. Good framing device.
The romance was nice. It was slow burn romance and at times I was like get it over with and kiss!. It wasn't exactly boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy heals girl, so that was nice (though it did feel like that sometimes). I do wish she took it a bit slower, though - overcoming her fears felt too quick to be entirely realistic, especially at the end. During the meat of the book it felt fine. Oh, and Caddie's friends! They were all so supportive which really gave me warm fuzzies.
So I like theatre, and I like reading about mental illness (as a person with anxiety but not OCD), and Caddie is quite relatable because of this. The author has experience with OCD, so I assume it's accurate. I have to say - I really liked how the author connected Caddie's life to Ophelia's, and the rest of the play. I think the comparison is one of my favorite parts of the book. I loved seeing the play be put together. Good framing device.
The romance was nice. It was slow burn romance and at times I was like get it over with and kiss!. It wasn't exactly boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy heals girl, so that was nice (though it did feel like that sometimes). I do wish she took it a bit slower, though - overcoming her fears felt too quick to be entirely realistic, especially at the end. During the meat of the book it felt fine. Oh, and Caddie's friends! They were all so supportive which really gave me warm fuzzies.