![]() ![]() It is worth reading just for the descriptions of art. ![]() Whenever we need to know how Kiko is feeling, Bowman shows that emotion in a piece of art. It's a wonderful contrast: Kiko struggles to express herself out loud, but with a paintbrush (or a pencil, or a piece of clay), she can put words to how she feels.īowman uses this wonderfully throughout the book. She's an amazing artist who thinks in colors and paintings. One of the things that really lifts it is Kiko's art. And I LOVE that about her.īut while the book deals with some heavy subjects, it doesn't feel weighty or sad. She's pretty honest about how anxiety looks like for her. This person knows what it's like to live with that kind of debilitating anxiety." If you follow Bowman on Twitter, you'll see just how true that is. This was the first time I'd read a book where I thought, "This person gets it. It is not fun, and it impacts her life in a million different unfortunate ways. A lot of young adult books feature anxiety, but they portray it as kind of funny and very relatable. She has true anxiety-most likely brought on due to living with her narcissist mother. I picked this book up because an agent I really like highly recommended it, and I just fell in love with the character, Kiko. ![]()
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