Oh, how I loved this book! I don't know what I loved most how realistically Evie's mental illness was depicted, or how wonderfully feminist this book is! Both aspects of this novel are just so incredibly well done, I have been marking pages and pages to quote for this review, I have too many to use them all! Evie is determined to be normal, and refuses to tell anyone about her mental illness, but boys come with their own complications and worries, the kind that might not be so helpful to someone in recovery. Evie is finally feeling like her life is on track, and decides all she needs now is a boyfriend. They form the Spinster Club, and hold meetings, discussing how to fight the patriarchy. Together, the girls laugh and have fun, but also get talking about sexism and feminist issues. Now is Evie's time to be normal, which becomes easier when she makes friends with Lottie and Amber. She has OCD and Generalised Anxiety Disorder, but her medication's being reduced, and hardly anyone at college knows about her past. This book is incredible!Įvie has just started college, and is thinking of it as a new start. I picked it up with slight trepidation, but within pages, I was hooked. However, I was a little nervous as I didn't fall completely in love with Bourne's first novel, Soulmates. A YA novel covering mental illness and feminism, and a book highly recommended by YA author Louise O'Neill - I had to read it. On hearing about Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne, I was really intrigued. And if Evie can’t even tell her new friends Amber and Lottie the truth about herself, how will she cope when she falls in love? From Goodreads. They can make any girl feel like they’re going mad.

There’s only one thing left to tick off her list…īut relationships are messy – especially relationships with teenage guys. She’s even going to parties and making friends. She’s almost off her meds and at a new college where no one knows her as the girl-who-went-crazy.

Am i normal yet by holly bourne