I wasn't familiar with Dodie at all, but after this, I feel like I met someone who was determined, vulnerable, creative, and fascinating. Part-memoir, part-diary, she shares about her struggles and epiphanies about relationships, mental health, family, fame and creativity. Sometimes the best 'self-help' books aren't ones where they're trying to teach you the ins and outs of lives, it's just about the reader connecting with what the person is going through. The illustrations that accompany every chapter and the ways she strings words together lit up little parts of my mind that had been darkened. Her journey so far made me see a lot of in myself that I saw in her and think differently about the world without feeling like I was being preached. You feel like you're reading her diary as well as your own, if you can relate to it enough.

My only qualm design-wise is that the poems/songs had deeply colored backgrounds and text, which made it difficult to read at times.