lizaktzxy's review against another edition
4.0
This book in nutshell: “I’ve been thinking a lot about everything. And I guess Mum was right about the jagged-graphs thing. We’re all on one. Even Frank. Even Mum. Even Felix. I think what I’ve realized is, life is all about climbing up, slipping down, and picking yourself up again. And it doesn’t matter if you slip down. As long as you’re kind of heading more or less upwards. That’s all you can hope for. More or less upwards.”
Excerpt From: Sophie Kinsella. “Finding Audrey.” iBooks.
Excerpt From: Sophie Kinsella. “Finding Audrey.” iBooks.
thereadingcat15's review
3.0
Full book review if finally up on the blog. Minor rant incoming!
Book review: https://thecatwithabook.wordpress.com/2019/04/13/book-review-finding-audrey/
Book review: https://thecatwithabook.wordpress.com/2019/04/13/book-review-finding-audrey/
camilacadibe's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
The main reason I enjoyed this was Audrey`s family - They were beyond awesome. Love them all. I laughed a lot and felt light and happy while reading it, but I feel like Audrey`s problems were not realistically portrayed, which bothers me. And I didn`t quite feel the romance either (even though I like Linus)
So yeah, I liked the book and wanna read more from the author, but I feel like humour is what she`s great at writting - not something as complicated as mental illness.
The main reason I enjoyed this was Audrey`s family - They were beyond awesome. Love them all. I laughed a lot and felt light and happy while reading it, but I feel like Audrey`s problems were not realistically portrayed, which bothers me. And I didn`t quite feel the romance either (even though I like Linus)
So yeah, I liked the book and wanna read more from the author, but I feel like humour is what she`s great at writting - not something as complicated as mental illness.
booknookie's review against another edition
3.0
You can read more of my reviews at my blog The Book Chick.
It was…. okay, it was cute and sweet. A little funny, a lot heartwarming and a quick read. Something nice to occupy my mind with after the mind blowing good horror/thriller and mind blowing bad chick lit book I recently read. It takes on a serious topic and also gives the reader a true and honest look into a young girls life while living with depression and anxiety. When I was a teenager, I had a lot of trouble with the same. I truly understands how it is and how bad it can be and how hard it can effect a family. But I also understands and knows that it isn't the end of the world, you can get better, at least I did and life is worth fighting for. Kinsella did a great job with describing the feelings and actions in Audrey's life. The one thing that bugged me the most was the whole Linus relationship. But that I can't go into in detail without spoiling the story, so we will leave it at that.
The book is about Audrey who have a really ruff time and suffers from some severe anxiety. She is a young teenager who lives with her "crazy" family somewhere in England (can't remember where). She has no friends, do not go to school and goes to therapy once a week. What I love the most about the book is the family. They are loud and obnoxious but still a family who loves and would die for each other. I love the mother and her "old" ways of handling the family and the father who reminds me so much of Arthur Weasley (from Harry Potter series). I could really picture him in my mind. I love young Felix and his ways of playing messenger between Audrey and Linus oh and Frank. Come on, you got to love Frank. He is like the typical, modern teenager and so lovable. They all have their own character, traits and quirks and Kinsella has as always done a great job with describing her characters and I find no fault here.
I did like the book but didn't love it. I find this whole "teenage love angst" a little too much over the top and I think i'm starting to get to old for that. And I also find the book a little too short and would have love to have some real confrontation or emotions not only from Audrey but other characters to. It is a hard topic to write about and I do think Kinsella tried to steer away so it wouldn't be sad and depressing. But too much happy, happy, fluffy stuff, just makes it unrealistic. But maybe that is just me since I have personal experience and to this day still struggles with anxiety.
So over all a good story, quick and easy. But don't go and expect to get to know what happened to Audrey, because that mystery is never revealed. You get hints and can pretty much build your own story from it, but it bugs me that I never got to know what "really" happened.
It was…. okay, it was cute and sweet. A little funny, a lot heartwarming and a quick read. Something nice to occupy my mind with after the mind blowing good horror/thriller and mind blowing bad chick lit book I recently read. It takes on a serious topic and also gives the reader a true and honest look into a young girls life while living with depression and anxiety. When I was a teenager, I had a lot of trouble with the same. I truly understands how it is and how bad it can be and how hard it can effect a family. But I also understands and knows that it isn't the end of the world, you can get better, at least I did and life is worth fighting for. Kinsella did a great job with describing the feelings and actions in Audrey's life. The one thing that bugged me the most was the whole Linus relationship. But that I can't go into in detail without spoiling the story, so we will leave it at that.
The book is about Audrey who have a really ruff time and suffers from some severe anxiety. She is a young teenager who lives with her "crazy" family somewhere in England (can't remember where). She has no friends, do not go to school and goes to therapy once a week. What I love the most about the book is the family. They are loud and obnoxious but still a family who loves and would die for each other. I love the mother and her "old" ways of handling the family and the father who reminds me so much of Arthur Weasley (from Harry Potter series). I could really picture him in my mind. I love young Felix and his ways of playing messenger between Audrey and Linus oh and Frank. Come on, you got to love Frank. He is like the typical, modern teenager and so lovable. They all have their own character, traits and quirks and Kinsella has as always done a great job with describing her characters and I find no fault here.
I did like the book but didn't love it. I find this whole "teenage love angst" a little too much over the top and I think i'm starting to get to old for that. And I also find the book a little too short and would have love to have some real confrontation or emotions not only from Audrey but other characters to. It is a hard topic to write about and I do think Kinsella tried to steer away so it wouldn't be sad and depressing. But too much happy, happy, fluffy stuff, just makes it unrealistic. But maybe that is just me since I have personal experience and to this day still struggles with anxiety.
So over all a good story, quick and easy. But don't go and expect to get to know what happened to Audrey, because that mystery is never revealed. You get hints and can pretty much build your own story from it, but it bugs me that I never got to know what "really" happened.
ashfantastic98's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
rockbison's review against another edition
5.0
It's so clichê, but at the same time, so cute and I wanna pet Audrey and maybe put her in a jar she just so 'sweet cinnamon roll too precious for this world'-like and idk what to do with all this overreacting of mine over this book.
planningwithtj2320's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
michromeu's review against another edition
4.0
What an incredibly nuanced and unique way to portray depression, mental illness and recovery. Audrey's world felt so real, it was almost as though I could reach out and touch it. I especially liked that Audrey never elaborates on the details of what exactly happened to her, the event(s) that set this story in motion. It's not important, she says; what's important is what happens next. By the end of the novel, I completely agreed.
lenlin99's review against another edition
4.0
a really enjoyable and reeeeeaaaally fast read (read it in one go) As always wirh Sophie Kinsella it is funny and has some really odd and over the top but loveable characters. I am not sure though she handled her mental illness the best possible way and sometimes she sacrificed her characters for a simple laugh
scrollsofdragons's review against another edition
3.0
2.75
Heart-warming, funny and enjoyable however did have some issues: We are never told what happened, told that it was bullying but didn't go into it which was annoying because it makes the reader feel out of the loop so that I couldn't find myself feeling for her and that whole starbucks meeting-why? If you're not going to tell us what happened to her then how can we be impacted by this meeting?Another was that Audrey went from rock bottom to recovery too quickly and the romance-lacking.
The book feels half caked to me-its middle grade writing with ya quotes, romance started out great with all the note passing and touching in the dark but then went downhill when insta-love and a speedy recovery kicked in, told a bare minimum of what caused the character's suffering and the whole Audrey goes missing was anticlimatic.
Heart-warming, funny and enjoyable however did have some issues: We are never told what happened, told that it was bullying but didn't go into it which was annoying because it makes the reader feel out of the loop so that I couldn't find myself feeling for her and that whole starbucks meeting-why? If you're not going to tell us what happened to her then how can we be impacted by this meeting?Another was that Audrey went from rock bottom to recovery too quickly and the romance-lacking.
The book feels half caked to me-its middle grade writing with ya quotes, romance started out great with all the note passing and touching in the dark but then went downhill when insta-love and a speedy recovery kicked in, told a bare minimum of what caused the character's suffering and the whole Audrey goes missing was anticlimatic.