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A review by tishywishy
Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
5.0
Alexandria, Alex for short, has schizophrenia, she's in her last year of high school and she's met a boy. Because Alex needs to document her environment and is uncertain about what is real or simply a product of her imagination, I essentially read each paragraph like this...
It was easy to understand how confused, scared, and upset Alex was being a teenager, trying to fit in, and doing her best not to reach a critical point in her diagnosis. I've never read a book, and more specifically a YA book, where the main character has schizophrenia, a diagnosis which, sadly, is often seen as "crazy' and Alex is very very very aware of that and tries her best to be as "normal" as she could be. I really enjoyed this book and hope that I can find more YA novels with main characters who try to navigate spaces with their diagnosis (whatever they may be).
It was easy to understand how confused, scared, and upset Alex was being a teenager, trying to fit in, and doing her best not to reach a critical point in her diagnosis. I've never read a book, and more specifically a YA book, where the main character has schizophrenia, a diagnosis which, sadly, is often seen as "crazy' and Alex is very very very aware of that and tries her best to be as "normal" as she could be. I really enjoyed this book and hope that I can find more YA novels with main characters who try to navigate spaces with their diagnosis (whatever they may be).