Lottie Biggs is (not) Mad by Hayley Long
“Use the blank page as my canvas and the rich vocabulary of
the English language as my pallet.”
Lottie
Biggs is a teen who’s about to go through a whole lot of drama. For her English
coursework Lottie needs to write about a key event that went on in her life for
creative writing unfortunately for her there’s more than one key event going
on.
Lottie
is a very creative and funny character, she’s likable and relatable. Lottie
alongside her best friend, Goose works at “Sole Mates” a shoe shop. Things first start to change when Goose starts
to date the hottest guy who works near them, Neil Adam or mad alien. Goose
starts to change her personality and her friendship with Lottie is put second.
Lottie
doesn’t know how to deal with this change and now she’s spending a lot of time
by herself she’s starting to realise some personal issues. Lottie does a lot of
things she doesn’t remember doing or is ashamed off and this is all because of
her mental illness. Her friends and her mother start to realise something is
off when Lottie starts to act out and get into trouble.
Though
the novel seems like a middle grade what Lottie goes through breaches a more
young adult subject. Lottie suffers from a mental illness and while going
through the early stages she’s feel likes she’s all alone and she suffers from
depression. The novel shows how important friendships are to people. Lottie’s
and Goose’s, Lottie and the Welsh Elvis Presley, Lottie and the Sole Owner’s
and Lottie and her mum’s. Throughout the novel each relationship helps Lottie
in a different way and helps her through her dilemmas.
Lottie
and Gareth relationship isn’t fully developed in this novel though the blossom
of the relationship is shown.
The
writing style was written with a diary feel because it was Lottie’s English coursework.
It was funny and enjoyable and the pictures were hilarious.
★★★★☆
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