A review by suggsygirl
No Such Thing as Normal by Bryony Gordon

3.0

I've read another one of Bryony's books. The one about her own struggles as a young adult. Bryony doesn't hide her privilege but it is quite difficult to see this as advice when the person freely acknowledges that mental health services on the NHS are woeful and that she had the resources to go private. I found that one I saw this book as a friend telling me about her mental health issues I enjoyed it a little more but it is incredibly short, not very in-depth and is quite hard to see it as anything other than just to make money. That being said there were a couple of snippets that made it worth reading, I learned some things about OCD that I wasn't aware of in such detail.

I think it's better than some of the Instagram/Influencer/just-watch-a-Disney-film school of books on mental health because at least she has lived it but with a support system and a job that is flexible and well-paying so it isn't necessarily what the average person will go through.