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smartinez9 's review for:
Under Rose-Tainted Skies
by Louise Gornall
A very solid read, perhaps better suited for readers more in their early-mid teens. Big thumbs up to the OCD and agoraphobia representation, as well as the accurate depiction of CBT treatment. That said, I didn’t connect to the protagonist as strongly as I thought I would, though I think that may be because she was written for a younger audience. Norah felt younger than seventeen, with thoughts like “his smile is full of flirt” and “parties, or, as the kids on [Facebook] call them, partays.” I understand that in many ways her adolescence was stunted, but given that she has dealt with so much, I would expect her to have more of an edge. Her hobbies and interests and hopes, aside from glancing mentions of horror movies and French, were largely undeveloped, and I would have liked her to have a bit more of a personality. That might just be me being nit picky though, and I would still recommend the book overall to someone with similar experiences to Norah, especially if they were in middle/high school.