Mum and Dad are out for the day with friends at some garden show and they’ve taken Frank with them to “broaden his horizons,” so they have no idea I’m doing this. I also developed a relationship with a boy who helped me greatly and moved schools (like Audrey plans to do). The book says that a certain event at school triggered it, but it never told us what that event was. The story follows 14-year-old Audrey who suffers from severe social anxiety which results in her not being able to leave the house or interact with anyone outside of her immediate family. Sophie has also written seven standalone novels which have all been bestsellers in the UK, USA and other countries around the world: Can You Keep A Secret?

and commence the crazy acts, from finding inventive ways to get around the ban from playing, to restoring to the most extreme actions, like his mom throwing a €1,100 laptop out the window to finally get her son's attention (This isn't the spoiler, the book opens up with this exact scene). I can feel a weird sparking all over my body, like I'm more alive than I should be, like my body is over-loaded with life force. So, yeah, I was expecting this book to be good rep and hopefully give me some sort of comfort and a story to look to for hope when my anxiety got the best of me. Ollie sometimes plays Land of Conquerors online with Frank if Frank’s in a kind mood and doesn’t have anyone else to play with. Her parents were hilarious, and the relationship she shared with her brother Frank reminded me a lot of myself and my brother.I love Sophie’s books, have never been disappointed with any of her books, and I wasn’t with this one.

The characters were so natural and realistic was easily able to imagine the sequences in front of my eyes. Black Iris does a fantastic job of charting the highs and lows of falling in love with a bipolar person, while Finding Audrey sugarcoats it. Nevertheless, I'm excited to try other Sophie Kinsella books that don't butcher mental health issues.Kinsella does it all the time : messages, notes, movie script : I eat that stuff, and Finding Audrey was right up my alley. I mean, she does have a point : when you look carefully at people you give them the power and the means to stare back.

But if you try to fight Felix, all you get is wails and screams and tantrums, and it all gets more and more stressy. Which of these you prefer completely depends on your personal interpretation of a book and your experience with the topic that the story is dealing with. Kinsella shows recovery from mental illness as a long process of two steps forward and one step back.Audrey and I have the same young age, but she already has a boyfriend, and that her boyfriend, Linus, was the one who kinda cured her. Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, Wedding Night, and My Not So Perfect Life, which was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Best Fiction in 2017.

She tilts the computer more precariously on the window ledge and we all gasp, including the watching neighbours.

As a note, I've seen a few reviews suggesting Audrey also deals with agoraphobia because she does not leave her home often. They eventually develop a relationship and Audrey finds that after some initial visits and awkward encounters, she can feel somewhat comfortable with him.