To be honest, I still don't know how I feel about the book – I just know that I have a lot of feelings. Because honestly, it was hard seeing Queenie spiral to almost rock bottom. She went from messy to absolute hot mess, and her "best friend" was SO toxic! Like, why would you surround yourself around that?! I couldn't really stand her because she was essentially self-harming and wouldn't get help until she was forced to, as she had hit rock bottom. However, I love that she finally decided to go to therapy and get help. But during her spiral (which was essentially 2/3 of the book), I just wanted to shake her and go: "QUEENIE! YOU ARE LOVED. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL JUST THE WAY YOU ARE. JUST BE YOU AND TAKE SOME TIME FOR SELF LOVE GIRL!" Like, I wanted her to be "Queer Eyed," especially by Karamo! And I WANTED HER TO TAKE TIME OFF FROM MEN. LIKE, WHY?! But, I'm truly glad Queenie ended up getting the help she needed and started loving herself again. (Or for the first time.)
While I was reading this, I kept having the quote, "We accept the love we think we deserve" from "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" run through my head because I feel like that's something that runs through all of our minds. I know it runs through mine – I'm constantly saying things like "Oh, yeah, I can't ask him for a drink, he's completely out of my league." And the thing is – we all could've been Queenie. I could've been in her shoes, and I know many others that did go down a bit of a spiral after breaking up with their partners. However, like Queenie, they ended up picking themselves up with the help of their support system (and some therapy, sometimes).
So yeah – I don't know if I like the story, but I thought the book was quite thought-provoking. And Queenie was just so real and extremely relatable and loveable! But GIRL, that was an incredibly messy and not-so-glorious journey that she took me on.
While I was reading this, I kept having the quote, "We accept the love we think we deserve" from "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" run through my head because I feel like that's something that runs through all of our minds. I know it runs through mine – I'm constantly saying things like "Oh, yeah, I can't ask him for a drink, he's completely out of my league." And the thing is – we all could've been Queenie. I could've been in her shoes, and I know many others that did go down a bit of a spiral after breaking up with their partners. However, like Queenie, they ended up picking themselves up with the help of their support system (and some therapy, sometimes).
So yeah – I don't know if I like the story, but I thought the book was quite thought-provoking. And Queenie was just so real and extremely relatable and loveable! But GIRL, that was an incredibly messy and not-so-glorious journey that she took me on.