To my socially anxious tired heart, Steffi was incredibly relatable.
Honestly the anxiety elements are brilliantly portrayed. And I'm not an expert on sign language, especially not BSL, but as someone who is interested in that language I believe that it was portrayed pretty well too.

I very much enjoyed the first half of this book. Seeing a selective mute and a deaf person interact and trying to find their place in a social-interaction thriving society was very interesting. And relatable.
Have I mentioned I found this book relatable? I had to put it down a few times and pick it back up a couple days later because it was physically painful to read someone's anxious thoughts and manners, which I know I feel quite often too.

The second half of the book was less the kind of thing that I enjoy in books in general. it doesn't mean it wasn't good it's just not my thing. I found that Steffi was becoming a little annoying to me, making irresponsible choices. But then again, she is a teenager with intrusively bad thoughts.

Altogether, even though the plot wasn't exactly my kind of thing, the characters were extremely relatable and some of the quotes struck me pretty hard.
I would highly recommend to any anxious or severely shy person or someone with sensory disability. Check for trigger warnings before you read it though.