I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

This is THE book I needed A LOT. At the moment of writing this review it is January 22nd and BOY last week was a piece of poo. Big piece of poo. So when I saw this book I just needed it.

Right from the bat we start with a short collection that forms a story, it is all about THOSE days. You know, the ones that always seem to end up going in a bad direction. Like toe-stubbing days, missing the bus days. I guess I had a whole week of those. sighs I loved how positive the story ended and thank you to the author, I definitely needed to hear those words. Saying that I was brave. That I should be proud of how far I got, that I am getting through the days.

And from that point I was just in love with the book. It was just one collection with MANY truthful, sometimes painful but oh so true, sometimes hilarious, sometimes it made me go: “I am in this book and I don’t like it”, remember that meme?, and I have to say the book made me feel much better that day when I read it. It brought a smile to me. It was as if the book was written for me. One of the earlier conversations just had me go YES! One character asks the other how they are feeling and their answer is: “Cautiously optimistic, desperately sad, socially anxious and emotionally confused. You?” Or later this painful comic about how the sad is always there, yes. Yes it is. Or a comic featuring a body and a slide and the text: “How easy it is to spiral downwards…. how hard it is to climb back upwards.” HECK YES. A lot of these comics just fucking resonated with me, and even writing this in a new week they keep on resonating. And I love it. I love it when a book speaks to me. In text and in illustrations.

Oh, and one that fitted so well with my ADHD. A comic of the character trying to get to work, saying to themselves that they can do it, and they should just stay focussed and then immediately gets distracted by how weird hands are. Haha. This is so my ADHD. I want to get working but OMG look at insert random item/body part/something shiny.

I loved how we get short stories, or at least single comics that form a story, but also get themed one page illustrations/comics. It was a lot of fun to go through this book and I love the art style, I think I will have to see if I can get the earlier book + find out the social media of this artist. Because it is just that good.

So expect mental health, cats, plants, coffee, motivational texts, a dash of humour, and lots of relatability. I would HIGHLY recommend this book to everyone.