A review by staceyclairrr
How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne

3.0

3.5! RIGHT. So, this is a funny, quite relatable book (in terms of situations and the chaos of realising you dont in fact have your shit together) but boy did I find Tori hard to love. I kept reading this book hoping for her to open up to the people closest to her about any of her actual feelings, but she just became more and more vapid as the tension rose. I suppose that was the point. I felt truly sad when she resorted to self-harm to cope with her anxiety, but I also screamed JUST TALK TO YOUR BOYFRIEND GOD DAMN IT like.... seven different times.

I think a lot of the reflections on watching everyone in your friend circle make different and sometimes more-valued-by-society life choices were completely relatable, and the use of social media feeds throughout to illustrate we're really effective.

I genuinely liked this story, but I wish I had felt more for Tori than I did.