I was really looking forward to reading this because I was very interested in how she'd cover the whole 'mad' part of the title. I hadn't watched the E4 show so I didn't have any preconceptions, but I do generally enjoy diary style books so I thought I'd enjoy it.



It was...alright. She didn't really cover the mental health issues in much detail, it was just a passing mention. She did cover the 'fat' part of the diary quite a lot and it was interesting for a while but it got very repetitive and though I didn't like myself for thinking it I did wish that she'd just start losing weight (or at least find someone who'd love her for who she was with no pretences)



I get that this is Rae Earl's real life diary, and it's probably for that reason that it wasn't as eventful as I'd hoped, and so I feel like I'm being unfair for judging it so harshly for being boring when it's somebody's life.



Overall it was just ok, very average and I was disappointed. And I can't help but wonder what happened to everyone in the book, seeing as it's Rae's life she'd know and so should update us!