Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes short review

I love a good Holly Bourne book and this one didn't disappoint. It was really interesting and had me thinking about things in a way I hadn't before, which is always a good thing and something I can count on Holly Bourne for. I don't think this is my favourite Holly Bourne book but there were some pages that mean a lot to me and made me feel seen in ways I hadn't felt seen before.

There were a lot of interesting things discussed in this book and it really did make me think and I think what Dr Jones says to Olive at the end of the book is what I agree with most. A book getting you to think is always a good thing especially when it covers a topic like this one. Holly Bourne's writing and the way she tackles topics is one of the things I like most about her books and the way she writes everything to be so true and encompass exactly how her characters and people in that situation feel.

The characters in this were all fully fleshed and I love how they grew to support eachother and how close they were by the end of the book. I do wonder what happened to them all by after the book ended and they left Camp Reset.

Overall a very enjoyable book that got me thinking and I recommend. Not my favourite Holly Bourne, that's definitely The Yearbook but I know people who it is the favourite of and I did still really love it.

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