Finding Audrey

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Felix made me miss my Kindergarten teaching years : 4 years old is such a great age. Really. They're happy all the time (except when they're not, but then, it's short).

LOC is a competitive sport!” yells Frank. “You don’t know anything about it! It’s a serious thing! You know, the prize pot in the international LOC competition in Toronto this year is six million dollars!”If you like Sophie Kinsella's previous work, and if you like YA genre, you will (probably) definitely like this book. The only thing I didn't like was that we never quite found out what happened to Audrey to spark all of this...there are little hints here and there and names mentioned, but no specific details are given, which just leaves you to use your imagination. But still, this is a very cute, but touching book. I really enjoyed going on Audrey's journey with her. Okay, objectively I know that I’ve read much worse books. The writing and plot of this book are not the worst I’ve ever read and it’s readable unlike some other books I’ve read but I didn’t hate those as much as I hate this. I hate this book. And yes, I know hate is a strong word and I shouldn’t waste my energy on hating a book when that energy could go to reading books that I will end up loving but this book hurt me. This book offended me so deeply and there’s no other word to use. I hate it. I hate the way it’s made me feel. Audrey and I have the same young age, but she already has a boyfriend, and that her boyfriend, Linus, was the one who kinda cured her. Even though this sounded utterly ridiculous, I can't help laughing. So this scenario would be a PERFECT place for Audrey's anxiety because it would show that yes it's a real thing with real symptoms BUT, RPGs are a good place to lessen it. Because in an MMO RPG, everyone's experience is their own, and you can play the game however you want. Here's how ingame-Audrey would've progressed throughout the book:

First off, the plot sounded so predictable and yes it was. The plot was more centered around Audrey's brother, Frank than Audrey herself. They were always talking about Frank. Frank being obsessed with his computer. Frank playing LOC. Frank who's sleeping late just to play his video game. The parents are mad at Frank. Frank.. Frank.. Frank.. Frank was my favorite. I liked his obsession with video games and his adaptability when it comes to playing them.Let's have a little brainstorming okay? (God. I hate that word. My fellow French use it all the freaking time for no reason. Hello, remue-méninges, you people) This is probably the easiest and hardest thing I've ever had to write. Easy, I know exactly what I want to write. Hard, because what I want to write involves sharing a very personal part of my life with hundreds of strangers on the Internet. So. Here goes nothing: Sophie Kinsella's] compassionate, insightful take on what it's like to live with anxiety is an eye-opener, but her trademark lightness of touch and gentle humour make it hugely entertaining too The Lady

In her recognizable style that consists humor, Kinsella writes about serious topics such as anxiety and abusement.There are two things I think we can all agree on when it comes to books dealing with mental health: We're just looking and looking at each other. And I can feel something new between us, something even more intimate than anything we've ever done. Eye to eye. It's the most powerful connection in the world." Instead we got one dimensional stereotyped characters, a manic pixie dream boy who changes the girl, jokes that missed their mark SO BAD that it would make you look away, prose that was blatantly written "for YA" (which never works), anxiety being "fixed" by bullshit external ways, an "incident" that was never explained (whether this was because Kinsella didn't actually know herself, was unclear), and a story with no core.