Jerry Cooke
3.75⭐️ - This was fascinating and at times as frustrating as it was relatable.
Enid goes through life with a lot of struggles, from one sided deafness to increasing levels of paranoia and self-doubt. Her relationships are very complex too, with a strong reliance on her mother combined with a very mixed feelings regarding her half-sisters who she both wishes to know better, but also kind of wishes didn't exist. She also has a deep paranoia about bald men for some reason.
This was incredibly relatable as an autistic person, with Enid's internal processing involving high levels of masking to get through life. Add to this her sensory issues and it's very accurate how much she struggles in life. What is harder to relate to if you haven't experienced it, is the PTSD and paranoid that causes her act in ways that can feel very non-sensical to the outsider.
The book isn't so much a romance as a slice-of-life, taking a period in her life where her relationships are evolving, her mental health is getting worse before it gets better, and her love life is all over the place. We see her go through a lot and it's both incredibly sad and very affirming at times.
3.75⭐️ - This was fascinating and at times as frustrating as it was relatable.
Enid goes through life with a lot of struggles, from one sided deafness to increasing levels of paranoia and self-doubt. Her relationships are very complex too, with a strong reliance on her mother combined with a very mixed feelings regarding her half-sisters who she both wishes to know better, but also kind of wishes didn't exist. She also has a deep paranoia about bald men for some reason.
This was incredibly relatable as an autistic person, with Enid's internal processing involving high levels of masking to get through life. Add to this her sensory issues and it's very accurate how much she struggles in life. What is harder to relate to if you haven't experienced it, is the PTSD and paranoid that causes her act in ways that can feel very non-sensical to the outsider.
The book isn't so much a romance as a slice-of-life, taking a period in her life where her relationships are evolving, her mental health is getting worse before it gets better, and her love life is all over the place. We see her go through a lot and it's both incredibly sad and very affirming at times.