Summary Of The Book 'Am I Normal Yet'

When reading the novel ‘Am I Normal Yet’ by Holly Bourne I felt like I truly connected to the story, I had the feeling of being in there with the characters. ‘Am I normal yet’ made me realize just how grateful I should be for my mental health, it made me feel deeply sorry for anyone that has to live with OCD. This is because the main character Evelyn, otherwise known as Evie has had to go all through high school with this horrible mental illness. That’s why when she starts at college and is slowly coming off her meds. It's like a fresh new start, she is in a place where she is no longer known as “the girl that went crazy’. Now, all she wants is to be ‘normal’, at the start of this novel Evie refers to starting at a new college as the start of becoming a “normal” teenager, this made me feel bad for Evie, this is because her condition has held her back for so long that she only now gets to have the feeling of normality in her life, while feeling this I couldn’t help but also feel happy for Evie that she can finally move on from her sickness and get to really feel what life is about.

I was shocked by the depth and understanding the author had of OCD. It shocked me because while reading this book I found that it’s a very complicated mental health issue that not many people actually know about, including me. From reading this book it has opened my eyes to
It made me feel thrilled and delighted that Evie was finally becoming happy with herself, along with slowly losing her OCD. at one point in the novel Evie feels her first sense of control over herself when she is with all of her new friends having fun, “And we clapped and cheered and whistled ourselves and, for the first time ever in my life, I felt strong.” I couldn’t help but smile when I read this because I couldn’t imagine how happy she must have felt in this moment, for me it probably would have felt like everything was finally falling into