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So much of YA is the dramatic story about murder and tragedy among the popular kids. Vampires and werewolves and magic trolls in dungeons. This isn’t that story. This is something else, running parallel. This is the story of Emily the Background Slytherin and her friends (OMG KEVIN RUN). Those kids in the background who might actually do the assignments for graduation, whose lives go on no matter what might roam the halls or blow up the school.

But most importantly, this story is about a boy with OCD, a girl with an eating disorder, and has both racial and LGBTQIA+ representation. Friends of mine who also have similar anxiety to mine insisted that I read this book ASAP because of the discussions that take place and I’m so glad they did. From start to finish, the OCD rep is just so incredible.

Mikey (I sort of cringe at this name because of those old cereal commercials) has severe anxiety/OCD–he gets into obsessive loops where if he doesn’t do a task exactly “right” something horrible will happen. Life becomes catastrophic inside those loops, getting worse and worse, and he becomes stuck.

Even though this is sort of a parody of YA fantasy, Ness does a wonderful job of blending his “Indie Kid” parallel with Mikey’s. The build up to the climax is so subtle that you hardly know it is coming–I sort of skimmed the chapter headings, but I thought they detracted from the actual story line, so I mostly just followed it through the main book.

I loved that Ness gives Mikey such a strong support system–his chosen family–instead of using the “hero comes to save him from his anxiety” trope. There’s a lot of talk about how one of his fears is that he is the least needed person, or no one would miss him if he were gone–I feel that SO HARD. And even though Mikey acknowledges at one point that he KNOWS he is lucky to have so many people who love him, to someone with anxiety, it’s so hard to convince ourselves that this is reality most of the time.

I could go on and on about everything that was amazing about the anxiety/OCD rep in this story. I want to quote the entire psychiatrist appointment to you. But, then you wouldn’t have to read the book, and I really think you probably should go read it. It’s going on my MUST READS list for sure, guys. So, yeah. Do it.


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The Rest of Us Just Live Here Patrick Ness Books Reviews

I really enjoyed this book. I like that there was two point of view in the story. First you have the side story that should have been the main story according to industry standards. Then you have the main story that should have been the side story.

It was nice to see diversity in characters. It was nice to see ordinary people struggling with every day problems like depression, OCD, alcoholism, and anorexia. Just to name a few. Mr. Ness really painted a picture in my mind of how OCD effects someone emotionally and physically. I never really thought about it before this book.

I can understand why people would give this book a lower rating. It isn't super action packed but it is thoughtful and also thought provoking. It was a little more mature then I thought it would be. Actually it is absolutely nothing like I thought it would be.

I love Patrick Ness' stories and he has quickly become one of my favorite writers. He portrays characters well and really seems to do his research.

I enjoyed reading about what happens to the normal people when indie kids are getting schools blown up and saving the world. I can relate in some way because I have thought about what happens to the rest of the world while the hero/heroine in a story has no regard for anyone and everyone at the same time.

This book was deep and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. Thank you for keeping it real in the end too and not making it into something that it could have been. I am so happy for the realness thrown in, which if you have read this book will sound hilarious considering Jared.
I love this book. I love the diversity and I like how it's brought up. I love the main character dealing with his issues and I love how this book is about mostly normal people in a fantasy world and getting a glimpse and minimal intertwining with The Chosen Ones.

Even if there wasn't this whole Chosen One satire in it, this book would still be very much worth the read to me. Maybe I'm a fan of contemporary more than I would like to admit but I think the growth of the characters this book focuses on is just great. I love watching characters develop into stronger versions of themselves and each person learned, made mistakes and grew.

One of the main reasons this book got to me is because of the family aspect. In typical fantasy novels there is either no family or the family is against each other and dividing. This family is strong and mending. They try their best to lift each other up in the best way they know how and I appreciate that to my core.

This wasn't an action packed read, and it didn't need to be. It was very meaningful all on its own. It was heartfealt all on its own. It was sweet all on its own.

Because of the first half being mostly set up to the peak of this novel, I didn't think I would enjoy this as much as I did. After the first half, things got rolling and I was engrossed by what was happening.

I still think that this is a fun neutralizing novel for having between heavier reads but it stands as a good read separately as well.
So much of YA is the dramatic story about murder and tragedy among the popular kids. Vampires and werewolves and magic trolls in dungeons. This isn’t that story. This is something else, running parallel. This is the story of Emily the Background Slytherin and her friends (OMG KEVIN RUN). Those kids in the background who might actually do the assignments for graduation, whose lives go on no matter what might roam the halls or blow up the school.

But most importantly, this story is about a boy with OCD, a girl with an eating disorder, and has both racial and LGBTQIA+ representation. Friends of mine who also have similar anxiety to mine insisted that I read this book ASAP because of the discussions that take place and I’m so glad they did. From start to finish, the OCD rep is just so incredible.

Mikey (I sort of cringe at this name because of those old cereal commercials) has severe anxiety/OCD–he gets into obsessive loops where if he doesn’t do a task exactly “right” something horrible will happen. Life becomes catastrophic inside those loops, getting worse and worse, and he becomes stuck.

Even though this is sort of a parody of YA fantasy, Ness does a wonderful job of blending his “Indie Kid” parallel with Mikey’s. The build up to the climax is so subtle that you hardly know it is coming–I sort of skimmed the chapter headings, but I thought they detracted from the actual story line, so I mostly just followed it through the main book.

I loved that Ness gives Mikey such a strong support system–his chosen family–instead of using the “hero comes to save him from his anxiety” trope. There’s a lot of talk about how one of his fears is that he is the least needed person, or no one would miss him if he were gone–I feel that SO HARD. And even though Mikey acknowledges at one point that he KNOWS he is lucky to have so many people who love him, to someone with anxiety, it’s so hard to convince ourselves that this is reality most of the time.

I could go on and on about everything that was amazing about the anxiety/OCD rep in this story. I want to quote the entire psychiatrist appointment to you. But, then you wouldn’t have to read the book, and I really think you probably should go read it. It’s going on my MUST READS list for sure, guys. So, yeah. Do it.