A review by tjlcody
Rx by Tracy Lynn
5.0
Alternative Title: Why Self-Diagnosis and Self-Medicating is a Horrible, Horrible Idea, For the Love of God, Don't Do It (TUMBLR, WHAT'S GOOD?)
Yeah, the self-dx community on Tumblr kept coming to mind with this one, and if there's any compelling case to make for why you should always, always, always seek a professional when you think there's something wrong with you, or never, never, never take a medication you haven't be prescribed, it's this book.
Thyme is an example, for me, of a protagonist that I didn't like, but she was gloriously well-written, and so I can forgive anything else. For most of the book I thought she came off as arrogant- y'know, "lawl I'm 16 and I can totes diagnose myself and everyone else with various disorders because, at 16, I totes know psychology and physiology as well as a trained professional".
But she had her come-to-Jesus moment at the end, and the fact that it was pulled off so well made it believable, unlike other come-to-Jesus moments in other books I've read where they just ~SUDDENLY HAVE AN EPIPHANY APROPOS OF NOTHING~, versus them gradually re-evaluating their behavior and saying, "Whoops, not good."
Other than that, the humor was good and the book overall was very well-written.
Yeah, the self-dx community on Tumblr kept coming to mind with this one, and if there's any compelling case to make for why you should always, always, always seek a professional when you think there's something wrong with you, or never, never, never take a medication you haven't be prescribed, it's this book.
Thyme is an example, for me, of a protagonist that I didn't like, but she was gloriously well-written, and so I can forgive anything else. For most of the book I thought she came off as arrogant- y'know, "lawl I'm 16 and I can totes diagnose myself and everyone else with various disorders because, at 16, I totes know psychology and physiology as well as a trained professional".
But she had her come-to-Jesus moment at the end, and the fact that it was pulled off so well made it believable, unlike other come-to-Jesus moments in other books I've read where they just ~SUDDENLY HAVE AN EPIPHANY APROPOS OF NOTHING~, versus them gradually re-evaluating their behavior and saying, "Whoops, not good."
Other than that, the humor was good and the book overall was very well-written.