A review by curatoriallyyours
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

I cried actual big, wet tears reading the first few chapters of this book, reading the story of Clare’s childhood. But the over all tone of this book is hopeful and describes a path out of the wilderness to deep happiness. There were a couple of points where there was a bit of repetition (it could have done with a touch more editing to eliminate this) and there were also a couple of typos (I read a digital copy - the print version might be fine), which is why I didn’t give it a higher rating, but it was otherwise a compelling story told by a delightful human!

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Alcohol