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A review by burghbooksandbrews
The Existence Of Amy by Lana Grace Riva
4.0
Thank you to the author for reaching out and sending a copy of this book for me to read and review. This was such a unique story about someone’s life struggling with anxiety, OCD, and depression. As someone with anxiety myself, I related a lot to this story and how everyday activities can be severely impacted by these disorders. I also happened to be traveling while reading this, and Amy's flight and travel anxiety was so relevant to me at the time that it made this book even more relatable to me.
Shedding a light on mental health is so important and is so well done here. I found myself empathizing and rooting for Amy to get help. I particularly found the other characters’ reactions to her to be very spot on from those that pity and try to find ways to make her comfortable to those that don’t understand and want her to “stop being selfish and suck it up.” I did love her relationship with a few of her co-workers and how understanding they were and how much they tried to help her.
This story also aptly demonstrates how hard it can be to get help, so I can’t emphasize enough how important of a book this is. We certainly need more books like this.
Shedding a light on mental health is so important and is so well done here. I found myself empathizing and rooting for Amy to get help. I particularly found the other characters’ reactions to her to be very spot on from those that pity and try to find ways to make her comfortable to those that don’t understand and want her to “stop being selfish and suck it up.” I did love her relationship with a few of her co-workers and how understanding they were and how much they tried to help her.
This story also aptly demonstrates how hard it can be to get help, so I can’t emphasize enough how important of a book this is. We certainly need more books like this.