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Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
5.0
This is a story that everyone needs to read. This is the most realistic and honest contemporary I’ve ever read. I related so much to Eliza and her struggles. The audiobook is the way to go I think. I also followed along cause the book had snippets from Monsterous Sea and they are narrated by a different person and I think it adds so much to the story since Monsterous Sea is a big part of Eliza.
Eliza is a girl who struggles with body image, anxiety, and panic attacks. As someone who has struggled with anxiety and panic attacks since my early teens, I can say that Francesca Zappia explains and doesn't suger coat how anxiety and panic attacks really are or how they can affect you.
Everything Eliza felt when she had a panic attack I’ve felt including passing out. I sobbed while reading the last 200 pages, that’s how much I saw my own struggles in Eliza. Francesca did an amazing job of making you fall in love with every character, especially with Eliza and Wallace. The story also explains fan culture and the things we do that some people don't understand like drawing fan art, writing fanfiction, and so on.
Eliza is an extreme introvert and only begins to ‘be normal’ (in her words) when she meets Wallace. He helps to bring Eliza out of her bedroom and out into the world.
I love Wallace and I love Eliza and Wallace together. Their relationship is the honest truth of what a real first-time relationship is like. Their both so awkward that it’s endearing and sweet. The fact that Wallace also suffers from anxiety and is a selective mute adds so much more to his character and how he bonds with Eliza and understands her.
This story has so much depth and emotion and it is honestly a book everyone should read. Definitely my top book of 2020, I'm already calling it.
I also really enjoyed how it showed how you can have best friends that you met through the computer but haven't seen in person. I have multiple friends I've made on the internet that I've never met. We talk almost everyday and I consider them family.
Eliza is a girl who struggles with body image, anxiety, and panic attacks. As someone who has struggled with anxiety and panic attacks since my early teens, I can say that Francesca Zappia explains and doesn't suger coat how anxiety and panic attacks really are or how they can affect you.
Everything Eliza felt when she had a panic attack I’ve felt including passing out. I sobbed while reading the last 200 pages, that’s how much I saw my own struggles in Eliza. Francesca did an amazing job of making you fall in love with every character, especially with Eliza and Wallace. The story also explains fan culture and the things we do that some people don't understand like drawing fan art, writing fanfiction, and so on.
Eliza is an extreme introvert and only begins to ‘be normal’ (in her words) when she meets Wallace. He helps to bring Eliza out of her bedroom and out into the world.
I love Wallace and I love Eliza and Wallace together. Their relationship is the honest truth of what a real first-time relationship is like. Their both so awkward that it’s endearing and sweet. The fact that Wallace also suffers from anxiety and is a selective mute adds so much more to his character and how he bonds with Eliza and understands her.
This story has so much depth and emotion and it is honestly a book everyone should read. Definitely my top book of 2020, I'm already calling it.
I also really enjoyed how it showed how you can have best friends that you met through the computer but haven't seen in person. I have multiple friends I've made on the internet that I've never met. We talk almost everyday and I consider them family.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicide attempt
This book has anxiety disorder, selective mutism, talk of a parents attempted suicide and a car accident is mentioned.