A review by andintothetrees
Weirdo by Sara Pascoe

funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The main character's inner voice here felt so much like my inner voice, it was pretty exhausting. Our life circumstances are quite different but all the over-thinking and going off on tangents and anxiety and saying the wrong thing was very close to home. As a friend of mine said when I told her about it "it's like being in your head twice". I loved the book at first but the plot ran out of steam after a while and I just wasn't that keen to pick it up (see also, it was tiring! I read to calm my hyper brain, not be reminded of it!)

Plot/compellingness 2/5
Themes 2/5 (there wasn't anything original or deep here really)
Characters 4/5
Emotional resonance 3/5
Writing style 4/5 (even though for me personally it was exhausting, it was nice to feel "seen")