How are you all?
I've just came back from my holiday in Turkey which was so nice and hot - I will be doing a blog post on that soon.
One thing I done on holiday was a lot of sunbathing. And what better way to lay and get some tan lines than to lay in the sun with a new read.
I seen the book Beautiful Broken Things (BBT) by Sara Barnard when Zoella's Book Club was released and I was interested in reading so many of the books she mentioned. So I picked up BBT from WHSmith. You can get it as an E-book but there's something nostalgic about actually having a physical book and being able to display the pretty cover when you've read it. I've actually got quite into reading again so I will be nipping back in to get another book from the Zoella Book Club.
So, now about the book...
It's such a relaxing and easy read but contains some adult topics that could be quite inappropriate to children under 15. It does have swearing in but nothing crazy and nothing that teenagers in this modern day don't hear daily...
It's based around two best friends called Caddy and Rosie. Rosie has a new girl join her school called Suzannah and she becomes quite close to her - which consequently makes Caddy quite jealous.
I won't go into it too much but it features topics around the teenage life such as drinking, parties, exams and most obviously - sex. It also includes the serious topic of mental health.
But it's nothing raunchy and is quite nice to read as it's what every teenage girl thinks about around the age of 15-16. About having the "perfect relationship" and finding someone significant to lose their virginity with.
It sounds weird me talking about it but it's displayed better in the book.
From the WHSmith Zoella Bookclub blog page.
Some parts of the book are quite hard hitting and it does contain a lot of drama. It's set in Brighton and included the normal public school and a private all girls school. So it opens up to a wider audience.
I think the book covers the topics such as teenage life, sex and tragic family life such as abuse - quite sensibly. It's accurate and contains small advice throughout about how to handle certain situations with regards to mental health.
It's so interesting that I couldn't put it down and did have quite a few 'laugh out loud' moments. I finished the book - which has 300 odd pages - in just 3 days and once I had finished it I was so sad that it was over.
I wasn't sad about the ending - I quite enjoyed the ending and it could lead onto a second book. But I didn't like that fact that I could no longer carry on reading.
I'd give the book an 8.5/10 and would definitely buy a book by Sara Barnard again.
So if anyone has any reading suggestions please let me know & also let me know what you thought about the book!
See you soon!
Amie
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