Finding Audrey

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I feel anxious about a lot of other things too, like making sure I'm as good as my male friends so I don't fall behind. Kinsella does it all the time : messages, notes, movie script : I eat that stuff, and Finding Audrey was right up my alley. Laugh dream and hope with Audrey as she learning that even when you feel like you have lost yourself, love can still find you. Although she is now staying at home waiting for the new year of school to start, she refuses to remove her sunglasses, preferring to have them on than engage in eye contact. there are little hints here and there and names mentioned, but no specific details are given, which just leaves you to use your imagination.

The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. I imagine it must have been hard work to touch those serious topics and stay true to her writing style without overdoing the fun parts and diverge from the direction the story was going to. Kinsella’s knack for humor and sensitivity shine in a story that should easily expand her already substantial fan base.

You can’t help but adore the way the subject was tackled and how it impresses upon the reader that everyone goes through a state of depression. and the other is that I often find MG characters too immature for my taste, but Kinsella's magic did it again and totally made this book and character relatable, fun, and all with an important message delivered to the readers. Imagine you're this family's neighbor and everyday you can hear their fights, wouldn't that be a bit irritating?

It's very reminiscent of The Fault in our Stars with the entire sassy "omg whatever" teenager type narration, a sarcastic YA trope that I thought I was hate but ended up actually chuckling at a couple of times. So this scenario would be a PERFECT place for Audrey's anxiety because it would show that yes it's a real thing with real symptoms BUT, RPGs are a good place to lessen it. Her new friend Linus stumbles into her life and together they try to solve her issues with romance and friendship.

I had some bad episodes, yes, and I had some minor setbacks, but I wasn't going to let that stop me. Her mother worries constantly and her dad backs her up in the parenting department just to keep the peace. I'll start off by saying that a lot of things about Audrey and this book were so similar to me that I was freaking out a little bit. Thanks to the friendship of her brother and her brother’s friend Linus, Audrey learns to grow as a person. Her family are brilliantly drawn and her relationship with her brother's friend Linus is extremely touching, but it is the message of hope that resounds.

I developed a fear of cameras, airplanes, social media, spiders, germs, the ocean, people - you name a fear, and chances are, I probably had it. Just because you manage to do something that causes you anxiety once doesn’t mean the anxiety goes away the next time you try to do it… it’s always there and portraying it as this thing that can be so easily overcome is really insensitive.

The contemporary references, the hilarious parent-child confrontations/battles, everything is just so current and spot on! When I was 14, I was bullied and had a really rough time in high school, so much so that I couldn't go to school, or even leave my own house (all of which happens to Audrey). While Audrey was the MC, the book focused not just on her, but on her family and their ups and downs together as well. I've heard people complain about this book saying anxiety can't be fixed by a relationship, and I have to agree.

The reader gets to ‘see’ the documentary through snippets of film script and this was an exciting new twist for me. I was the kid sitting quietly on the swings, book in hand, while the other kids my age ran around the playground, screaming and yelling at the top of their lungs. My thoughts are speeding up and my pace is speeding up too, and I'm pulling at my arms, pulling at the flesh of my forearms, trying to. The ‘big reveal’ which has been eluded to throughout the book to build intrigued was odd and an unusual choice by the author to present it the way she did (don’t want to reveal it). And mum just looked at me as if she wanted to laugh or maybe cry, and she said, "But, Audrey, that's what life is.I love Sophie’s books, have never been disappointed with any of her books, and I wasn’t with this one. But then again, I had issues with it that I was hoping wouldn't arise but unfortunately I couldn't ignore.