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Eliza and Her Monsters
by Francesca Zappia
I hate disappointing books. Not that I hate them books themselves, but I hte the feeling.
I was so excited to pick this one up, my favourite BookTubers recommended it A LOT, the reviews are great and after reading a few contemporaries already, I thought I'd love this one as well.
It's not that I had a problem with it. The writing style was not bad - undisturbing and easy to read, but also like, nothing flattering. The characters were interesting enough. The plot was realistic, the pace of it comfortable - so we're did it all go wrong? I've been sling myself that question a lot since yesterday.
A) it may be the fact that there weren't many situations which Eliza would have been relatable, and in places she could have been, I disagreed with her (like her behaviour with her brothers - I know it was her character, but I couldn't bring myself to muster enough understanding, unfortunately).
B) let's talk about Wallace's behaviour at the end. Or let's better not.
C) in the society I live in, mental health is still a stigma and we don't talk about it. I'm sorry for that. Maybe if I did, I could have understood better. I found those anxiety scenes very realistic, especially that I felt a little anxietic afterwards too, but I've never met a real person with anxiety and... Yeah. I can totally see why people gave this book 5 stars and why it means so much to them, I'm sure that if I read a book like this with depression or anorexia in it instead of anxiety, I would've been obsessed, because I could relate.
All in all, the book was quite enjoyable, realistic and touching (for some people). I'd definitely recommend it, to everyone, frankly, and I'm glad I read it, because it gave me a little insight into what anxiety can be. Unfortunately I cannot give it five stars, as there isn't, in my opinion, anything that deserves them.
→1.75 stars
I was so excited to pick this one up, my favourite BookTubers recommended it A LOT, the reviews are great and after reading a few contemporaries already, I thought I'd love this one as well.
It's not that I had a problem with it. The writing style was not bad - undisturbing and easy to read, but also like, nothing flattering. The characters were interesting enough. The plot was realistic, the pace of it comfortable - so we're did it all go wrong? I've been sling myself that question a lot since yesterday.
A) it may be the fact that there weren't many situations which Eliza would have been relatable, and in places she could have been, I disagreed with her (like her behaviour with her brothers - I know it was her character, but I couldn't bring myself to muster enough understanding, unfortunately).
B) let's talk about Wallace's behaviour at the end. Or let's better not.
C) in the society I live in, mental health is still a stigma and we don't talk about it. I'm sorry for that. Maybe if I did, I could have understood better. I found those anxiety scenes very realistic, especially that I felt a little anxietic afterwards too, but I've never met a real person with anxiety and... Yeah. I can totally see why people gave this book 5 stars and why it means so much to them, I'm sure that if I read a book like this with depression or anorexia in it instead of anxiety, I would've been obsessed, because I could relate.
All in all, the book was quite enjoyable, realistic and touching (for some people). I'd definitely recommend it, to everyone, frankly, and I'm glad I read it, because it gave me a little insight into what anxiety can be. Unfortunately I cannot give it five stars, as there isn't, in my opinion, anything that deserves them.
→1.75 stars