A review by mandola
Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

4.0

I liked the book but felt that the way that mental illness was dealt with in the story was definitely problematic at times. The author uses Alex’s illness as a way to make the story interesting and uses many stereotypes when dealing with. Alex’s journey with her illness is not realistic at all. The plot line with the mental institution/ hospital was unrealistic, like most likely, they would not take her outside with HANDCUFFS. Like FREAKING HANDCUFFS. Alex was obviously not going to hurt anyone and logically they wouldn’t have needed handcuffs. But also handcuffs just follow the stereotype of what a mental institutions have. I’m disappointed in that sense.


But a good thing were the characters, you liked them and rooted for them til the end. ( also, Miles and Alex were very cute together.)

Edit: May 5, 2020
This story is actually really interesting and a easy read, but it is pretty problematic. You can still like this novel but acknowledging its issues is important.