Not My Problem Paperback – 3 June 2021

I really said not my problem to write a review.But I would also want to know things before I invest on book....I prefer books and peopleSo the book was not like oooh it's gud and stuff.. it's pages are ok I guess that should do it...But the problem was with the cover of the bookIt's too fragileLike while shifting a plant u accidentally pressed on it and you scar it's 🌿 like wiseSo ya could be better on coverBut rest is fine

this was my second CS book and it's somehow better than TFILM. It's one of those rare books that have the air of a treasure hunt find, carrying that exhilaration and power to extract continuous stream of laughs and cries out of you simultaneously. everything, from the crisp, funny dialogues to the weird, brilliant characters, was so genuinely, stomach-achingly funny, with a writing that feels like a rendition of your favorite song: hilarious and sarcastic and sharp and biting and powerful. it's beauty trapped beneath every word.fave parts:• this huge focus on friends. Aideen forging actual, meaningful friendships with not just Kavi and Meabh but also with the ragtag, misfit people she collected in her "social enterprise".the book pushed a few narratives so candidly into the mix of laughs with zero preachiness attached to it and it was brilliant: like, realizing 1. when to step out of a bad, toxic friendship and not hold on to it just because of the long, uncoded history we share, 2. but also that a person isn't really painted in just black and white tones. 3. to take time to compensate for our mistakes when we mess up, and not just do a grand gesture to make everything better again. 4. liking a person with her annoying, prissy habits, not despite them.• the characterization was. so. incredible?? Aideen was such a RIOT to read about. how she'd deliberately text in ridiculous abbreviations just to annoy Meabh, and kept helping others without giving a single shit about consequences - everything only endeared her to me.Meabh, tho. despite her overall appearance of prim and sycophantic, and generally annoying, Ciara managed to make her look passionate and caring and sweet, who stopped being annoying to me long ago. (Or is a person still annoying if you like her being annoying?)• the casual juxtaposition of humor and heaviness. Aideen's home life was so terrible: the raw portrayal of the impact an alcoholic parent stamps on a child's consciousness chafed at my heart.• and oooff, her and Aideen's relationship was like a worn-out blanket, soft and warm and comforting. I loved the gradual, eventual build-up of their friendship. And the chemistry between them at times was a palpable current just jumping out of the page. they were adorable together.• KAVIIII. Oh how i ADORED that guy. He was the sweetest 16-year-old Indian kid ever written. I LOVED that the author didn't gloss over the Indian part, or the racist treatment he might've got. Also yeah, he was the stereotypical comic relief in here too but it wasn't derogatory, but actually made me hurt my jaw from laughing at his ill-timely appearances and monologues.• Also, yes, Ms Devlin. One of the best teacher presences in all fiction.• The ending gets props for being Absolutely Exquisite, for not being tied up neatly with a bow. To have Aideen finally arrive at a position where she could ask for help, something she's been resisting throughout the book was a sigh-inducing, hardcore satisfying sight.

Witty,fun charming.

4.5 ⭐This one had me at its premise. The book features a troubled teen, Aideen, with problems at home and no where to turn to, whose best and only friend seems to pull away, wanting to spend time with someone else, using outlandish diseases like the bubonic plague, hysteria as her excuse to get out of PE and an enemies to lovers sapphic tale!When a simple "help" in the form of pushing down Meabh Kowalski, the school all rounder, down the stairs starts off a business of favours like breaking into the Principal's office to get a phone or making someone popular in school etc., Aideen is suddenly in the limelight and has "friends?"All the characters have been sketched out with their own little back stories and flaws, even the ones who come with their own problems to Aideen. My heart went out to Kavi (obviously) who gets Aideen the "clients" and chastises her, making her realise that she has to open up to her new friends, him and Maebh, for whom she has feelings that go beyond friendship.Someone on Goodreads compared the book to the show Derry Girls and after listening to the audiobook with the classic Irish accent, which made the book all the more atmospheric and genuine, I couldn't agree more.The book with its dry humour and dripping sarcasm, which you can identify as Aideen defense mechanism, is not only gonna make you laugh out loud but even empathise with her.The book explores the themes of poverty, alcoholism, toxic friendships and even school elections and fighting for issues we are passionate about and dealt with all these topics with much nuance, tieing them up nicely at the end as Aideen realises what she has to do to rectify her situation.I haven't read the author's debut but this book has definitely made me curious about it.