At the beginning I wasn't entirely sold on the story, mainly because it sounded a little like 'My Mad Fat Diary' but with the main character being of average weight and called Evie instead of Rae. But once I got into the book the more I really appreciated it. Holly really depicted mental illness in a very realistic way, even to the point that I felt everything Evie was going through. I felt her urges, her emotions and that's what you want from a book like this. But this book also comes under fire from it's Feminism.

Holly (the author) says that to her Feminism means men and women being treated and respected as equals but this novel was so far from that. EVERY male character in the book was described as arseholes who all had to have their ego stroked and just wanted sex instead of being tied down (that's how it's put in the novel), and that is not the truth. The only decent male character in the book ended up having a mental illness very similar to Evie and what does she do? She makes fun of him instead of supporting him. And that made me hate Evie a little. I understand you need to put yourself and your mental illness first, I've been through it myself, however, the way she reacted was just so horribly put.