Finding Audrey

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Audrey takes prescription medication for her anxiety. Audrey's dad make a reference to drinking beers with his son during a guitar jam session but realizes it's inappropriate. Linus, the love interest, feels like a Maniac Pixie Dream Boy. His romantic interest in Audrey has no base. They meet a handful of times in which Audrey flees from him like a startled deer and exchange a few cute notes and then he's utterly head over heels for her. Sophie Kinsella used to be such a guilty pleasure author for me. I haven't read one of her books in years but I always enjoyed reading about the hilarious, ridiculous and unfortunate situations her shopaholic protagonist found herself in. b) The author decides to take a more humorous approach and pairs a heavy topic such as mental health with a writing style and story that is more fluffy

Not to mention, we don’t get to know Linus at all. I’m not kidding, I couldn’t even tell you if he has any siblings. All we know is that he plays video games and he’s Audrey’s brothers friend. His literal only purpose is to “fix” Audrey. He’s only there to kiss her and tell her to talk to random people and congratulations, she’s cured. Shopaholic to the Rescue" was released on 22 October 2015; "Christmas Shopaholic" was released in October 2019. Her most recent standalone novels are "Love Your Life", "I Owe You One" (Feb 2019), My Not So Perfect Life and Surprise Me. In 2015, she branched into Young Adult writing with her first YA book, Finding Audrey, published in June 2015. [ citation needed] [7] 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.Girls Night In (2004) (an omnibus of novels, along with many authors including Meg Cabot and Jennifer Weiner) This was such a fun book! I honestly didn't expect any less from Sophie Kinsella but I was a bit hesitant because of two reasons, one being that this is her first try at writing middle grade books, and another being that I never really enjoy middle grade books. The first reason is that I really hoped Kinsella's humor will translate through such a young protagonist (and oh boy, did it ever!) and the other is that I often find MG characters too immature for my taste, but Kinsella's magic did it again and totally made this book and character relatable, fun, and all with an important message delivered to the readers. If you didn't know, Kinsella is the one who got me into reading in the first place. With her Shopaholic series she showed me reading can be fun and now, years after reading her first book, I still enjoy spending my free time with a good book in my hands (or on my Kindle). From the bestselling author of the Shopaholic series comes a story of humour, heart and heartache. Finding Audrey is Sophie Kinsella’s first novel for teens, sure to appeal to her legions of adult and young adult fans all over the world. who knew that sophie kinsella would write YA? who knew that sophie kinsella would write YA, and then it would follow a 14-year-old girl suffering from immense social anxiety?

They talk about “body language,” as if we all speak it the same. But everyone has their own dialect. For me right now, for example, swiveling my body right away and staring rigidly at the corner means, “I like you.” Because I didn’t run away and shut myself in the bathroom. I just hope he realizes that.” Biography". Sophie Kinsella. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010 . Retrieved 29 March 2012. I'll start off by saying that a lot of things about Audrey and this book were so similar to me that I was freaking out a little bit. Like, Sophie Kinsella, did you steal my diary from when I was 14 or what? When I was 14, I was bullied and had a really rough time in high school, so much so that I couldn't go to school, or even leave my own house (all of which happens to Audrey). I also developed a relationship with a boy who helped me greatly and moved schools (like Audrey plans to do). IS THAT NOT FREAKY? The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have... If you like Sophie Kinsella's previous work, and if you like YA genre, you will (probably) definitely like this book.Reading Finding Audrey we see see how badly bullying can affect a person mentally. We experience the nightmare which Audrey had to go through and the emotions are shown as being so deep and raw that they cut you deeply. It was this strong emotional connection that made this book so interesting. Audrey's family is another thing I loved. Her anti-video game mom, her lovably naive little brother, her clueless father, and her video game obsessed brother were absolutely wonderful. Not only in their endless support of Audrey, but in their dynamic. They seemed like a real family. Hell, they kind of seemed like my family, and in more ways than one. The storyline in this was really funny! Audrey’s mother was quite crazy about the possibility of Audrey’s brother Frank being addicted to video games, and went to ridiculous lengths to try and stop him from playing. I loved Audrey’s take on her mother’s addiction to The Daily Mail, and the way this book made me laugh!

I liked the romance - I don't feel it is anything special, but I was happy to see a supportive love interest that helps the main character in their recovery, yet isn't attributed to as the sole reason they begin to get better. Linus was probably my second favorite character for that reason. I also liked Audrey's brother, Frank, but I don't feel he had a huge contribution to the story. I struggled very hard with Audrey's mother; She is the type of helicopter parent that believes they are doing what is best for their child while simultaneously harming them, and while this is absolutely a real parental role that many teens have to live with, she made the majority of the book extremely unbearable. I don't feel we had enough development on Audrey's father for me to have strong feelings, and apart from being the cute younger brother who acts as comic relief, Felix also isn't a memorable character for me. Sophie was born in London. She studied music at New College, Oxford, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She now lives in London, UK, with her husband and family. In her recognizable style that consists humor, Kinsella writes about serious topics such as anxiety and abusement.Can we just take a moment to appreciate the accurate portrayal of anxiety and mental illness here? Like: What I liked the most in this story were Audrey's parents. They were like a fresh scent in the air in the YA genre which is full of dysfunctional families. Never underestimate Kinsella... There are echoes of classic Judy Blume here and it's all just lovely." My chest is starting to rise in panic. Tears have already started to my eyes. My throat feels frozen. I need to escape. I need-- I can't--"