I already knew most of it but it’s still is necessary to discuss about it all in literature, especially in YA.

She is starting to believe that she could really be on top of things - so she braves a real 'date' with a boy from her sociology class. Of inspiring empathy into the reader, celebrating differences and just accepting people as they are. It starts from birth, with women being given their father’s last name (which they are, traditionally, expected to retire in favour of the husband’s name upon marriage).This story missed the mark for me a bit because of too many side characters and it was just too meta. They aim to stay true to themselves, and not lose their personality or their friends while trying to impress guys, and at the same time not being ball breakers! I may be overreacting but Am I Normal Yet may be one of the best YA contemporaries I’ve read to date. Inspired by what she saw, she started writing teen fiction, including the best-selling, award-winning ‘Spinster Club’ series which helps educate teenagers about feminism. I don't know that anyone can replace Louise Rennison, but those looking for similar teen girl shenanigans should enjoy this.

Bourne deals with many important topics within mental illness, such as how we speak about it and how people suffering with mental illness are treated, in a way that really makes you consider your own life. I would 100% recommend this to absolutely everybody, but particularly to youngish girls, cause I think the writing style just suits that audience so well and I think the themes are particularly relevant to the kind of emotional struggles you’re going through around the age of 15. Bad stuff happens, people are mean, there are no steps you can take that ensure the world leaves you alone. There was altogether too much boy stuff in here for my liking, and while I get the point of its inclusion it was still UNPLEASANT TO READ.Still Evie cannot but compare herself to others 24/7 and suddenly finds herself caught between fuckboys, snakes that used to be friends and becoming a feminist. Instead of seizing a perfect moment to sympathize with someone, to find someone who would understand her struggle, Evie twists it around and uses it as a moment to validate her attempt at normality. And of course the precocious little sister character, just seemed a thinly veiled psychology lecture.

This is not a novel about a condition: Evie's condition is that of being a contemporary young woman, and through her guerrilla feminist group with new soulmates Lottie and Amber (who will each get a novel to themselves shortly) she learns new pathways through life that all her peers can follow. The inclusion in the book of Olly, a male character who also has a mental health problem, shows that the illness has no gender. Not realising that if those words are said to you by a medical health professional, as a diagnosis of something you'll probably have for ever, they're words you don't appreciate being misused every single day by someone who likes to keep their house quite clean". It s not a book that I can find fault with because it was just written so perfectly and so carefully and sensitively.gets that, and it shows you all their myriad complexities while telling a damn fine story in the process. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Feminism is a key part of the story with a real sense of sisterhood between Evie, Amber and Lottie, collectively known as the Spinster Club. Or in the cases of bookworms, when we own a book series that are not in the same height or format, we get anxious. At college Evie meets two girls, Amber and Lottie, who quickly become new friends as they bond over heartbreak and feminism.

Seeing how her friends, family and therapist support her through this difficult time gives not only Evie hope and strength, but also the reader, by making them feel less alone. Bournes writing style is completely gripping and the story flips between current events and looking back at how things were when she was very ill, before she was ‘normal’. Although they all identify as feminists and start a ‘Spinster Club’ to reclaim the word, they can’t stop obsessing about boys.

Glücklicherweise sind ihre beiden Freundinnen aus dem Spinster-Club, Amber und Lottie, immer für sie da. I loved Holly Bourne's lively Spinster Club – Evie, Amber and Lottie, three friends facing the tough world of being a teenage girl. Holly Bourne tackles the big issues that teenage girls face daily: feminism, mental health, friendship and boy drama and shows how these themes are intertwined and affect one another making life as a teenage girl treacherous to navigate.