I Was Born for This

“I think the truth is that everyone in the entire world is confused and nobody understands much of anything at all.”

Alice Oseman... you will forever be one of my most favourite authors.

I have said this so many times in my reviews for Oseman's other works but I absolutely love the way realism is brought into these stories. The characters are always so raw and relatable that it's so hard not to find some type of attachment or connection with them.

Every single character brought something so special to the story. They each had their own struggles that they were dealing with. This wasn't about romance or fame, this was about real life.

This book showed the point of views of the fan girl and the boy from the band. I think it was so interesting to see how both sides experienced the same things. I don't think people realise that celebrities at the end of the day do not owe us anything, especially when it comes to their personal lives. This portrayed the positives and negatives of celebrities and their fandoms perfectly.

I'm not a religious person at all and I have a very negative relationship with it due to past experiences but I do have to say that I appreciated reading about Angel and Jimmy's relationship with it.

I love that Oseman always is so diverse with her works. The two main characters are hijabi Muslim and mixed race and trans and I really deeply appreciate how she writes stories that everybody can view themselves in.

I really loved this and I would love to revisit it again in the future.