A review by tanouska
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

5.0

Well, that went fast. I bought this book because I follow Alice Oseman's webcomic 'Heartstopper' which is super cute, and thought it was a good way to support her. I started reading the book this afternoon and it's now 23:55 and I just finished it. It was a good read. I feel like the (mental health)issues in the book were well represented and the characters gripped me and kept me reading. One of the main characters in the book is in a very different type of fandom than the ones I find myself in, but the feeling of community and the finding of great friends rang very true all the same.

(There is quite some talk of RPF and Real Person Shipping in this book and IRL that squicks me a lot, but it makes sense for the narrative. Just something I thought I should mention, cause it might squick out other people even more, and then maybe this is not a good book to read).