![]() ![]() Firstly, she does not patronize younger readers. Let’s get right into the best parts: Bourne’s portrayal of feminism here is so interesting and refreshing. It was the tail end of my week off, and I wanted something good to read, you know? I had an inkling that Am I Normal Yet? would hit the spot, and it totally does, in every respect. So I ordered all of her books from Book Depository (yay free transatlantic shipping!)-go big or go home, right? I rightly should have started with her earliest works, but I couldn’t resist this first book of the Spinster Club trilogy. ![]() People I follow on Twitter and watch on YouTube have been raving about Bourne for a while now, so I figured it was time to see what I have been missing. She tries hard to be good-tries hard to be normal-but she makes mistakes, just like the rest of us, and eventually some of those mistakes catch up to her. Am I Normal Yet? is Holly Bourne’s sometimes sad, sometimes funny, always compassionate portrayal of a girl trying to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and Evie is a flawed protagonist and self-declared feminist (and spinster!). I also love books that talk so explicitly about feminism and position their protagonists as feminists. Perfect protagonists are boring! In particular, I love protagonists who acknowledge their flaws and the fact they will make mistakes before they make them. ![]()
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