I Was Born for This

It's obvious from reading any of Oseman's books that she really deeply understands both her characters and her readers. As well as being an entertaining examination of friendship and fame, this is a love letter to her fans.
I didn't empathise with anyone and had absolutely no “lived experience”. I'm really too old for these books and this world - I've never Tweeted or Tumblred and I followed my bands escapades in Smash Hits! Still it was enjoyable and everyone felt really real - insofar as they were insecure mishmashes of normal and weird - and, yeah, I can relate to that.

Merged review:

It's obvious from reading any of Oseman's books that she really deeply understands both her characters and her readers. As well as being an entertaining examination of friendship and fame, this is a love letter to her fans.
I didn't empathise with anyone and had absolutely no “lived experience”. I'm really too old for these books and this world - I've never Tweeted or Tumblred and I followed my bands escapades in Smash Hits! Still it was enjoyable and everyone felt really real - insofar as they were insecure mishmashes of normal and weird - and, yeah, I can relate to that.