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headinthepages's Reviews (834)
Brady talks candidly about her experience as an autistic woman living in a world where it can be hard to be both of those things.
Her way of writing is quick, thoughtful and witty whilst also getting straight to the point.
I’m a huge fan of Fern’s comedy, and also loved her as a contestant on Taskmaster recently. It was interesting and also extremely frustrating to read of the lack of allowance for her needs in entertainment but so satisfying to know that Taskmaster was a positive experience. Hopefully other shows and people in entertainment can learn from it.
I’d highly recommend this to anyone, and would just take note of the content warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
I felt like everything was very superficial, I didn’t know where any of the story was going - which is good when it’s a twisty story - but this just felt unrefined.
i didn’t care about the romance element because it was half formed and superficial, the mystery aspect was boring and didn’t give the reader enough to chew on, and the academia setting was kind of pointless because it wasn’t fleshed out enough.
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I loved the legacy behind the bookshop and liked the imperfect, realistic family dynamics.
I have to say I definitely preferred the first half, it was engaging and I enjoyed the dialogue and character interactions, but in the 2nd half the relationship felt a little rushed and 2 dimensional. I didn’t love the sex scenes - they felt a bit rushed.
And the “twist” was predictable (which is fine) but also rushed, like no built up, just sort of an information dump.
I did enjoy the book overall and would definitely read this author again, I just wish those few things were tweaked and it would have been an amazing reading experience for me.
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol