Books & chats

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini My rating: 3 of 5 stars This one was definetly a let down and that breaks my heart; I really wanted to love this book, because mental illness should be something we talk about more, we have to be consious of how many people struggle with some type of mental illness and we really have to start undestranding them, and for me this book would be a good starter for the conversation but it really wasn't. I first met this story when I watched the movie about 6 years ago when I was just diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and honestly it was my favorite, like I would recommend it to everybody and I felt really represented through Craig's thoughts but now that i've read the book some time after, it really didn't do it for me. It was not a total waste of a read, I kinda enjoyed it, well some parts, for starters Ned Vizzini had depression and anxiety, and you really can feel those types of thoughts and feeling thro...

The Melody of You and Me by M. Hollis My rating: 3.75 of 5 stars wElp, idk... I really wanted to love this book but it was just enjoyable not amazing. "The Melody of You and Me"  it's the story of Chris, who just left university and broke up with her 3 year long girlfriend so her life is a bit of a mess right now. The story begins when she meets Josie, a new co-worker in her bookstore and from there it develpos into a fluffy contemporary.  I really loved the representation in this book; we have a pansexual MC in a f/f relation! <3 The thing I had with this is that it was soooo insta-lovy like, wow, Chris and Josie fall in love so quick that I found it kind of unreal, at the end every problem in Chris' life were resolved and that was a bit off for me. The writing was also a bit of a struggle for me bUT the way the author explores some topics like masturbation or not knowing what to do when picking a major, etc. was sO PERFECT! I could a 100% relate t...

"I am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai in collaboration with Christina Lamb.  Wow. I must admit that before reading this book I wasn't a 100% aware of the situation Pakistan is living and what did Malala do in general; I must say my ignorance was huge about this "politics" theme and how the country was living such an unjust situation, the image I had of Pakistan was mainly created by the lack of research on my part and was full of stereotypes that media shares and I'm not really proud of that. That being said, here are my thoughts on the book: For starters, Malala gives more background of the situation her country is living and not just focusses on her assault. She explains everything in such an easy and basic way for you to understand but her writting does not take away the importance of everything she is saying, she just gives it more power. I love how you get to know more about the current situation with the talibans and the police an...