Nina Is Not Ok - Shappi Khorsandi

Title - Nina Is Not OK
Author - Shappi Khorsani
ISBN - 9781785031366
Genre - New Adult > Humour > Serious Topic
Release Date - 28th July 2016 
My Copy - E-ARC
Format - Kindle
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Waterstones - Book Depository - Amazon UK - Amazon US

Nina is not an alcoholic, yes she likes a drink but what 17 year old doesn't? after being dumped by her boyfriend for another girl she deserves to go out and fun right?. But fun turns sour when you end up in a cab with your underwear in your hands, and you don't remember a thing. From that night everything is in a downward spiral Nina is drinking more having sex with random 40 year old men, and not to mention the guy she doesn't remember sleeping with went back into the club and is now in a relationship with her friend when the truth comes out she will have to deal with the backlash, and self hatred for something she isn't even sure happened and is 100% sure wasn't her fault.

I requested this book because i love stand up comedy and the author is one of my favourite female comedians and i had such high expectations for this book and it didn't disappoint. This books main theme is all about consent and alcoholism two subjects i personally haven't seen in fiction often enough. The way this book was written didn't make light of the situation even though it is a humorous book, it was as i said a very well written book that dealt with the topic in a  way that i truly commend the author for.

Nina was a very well written character at times cringe worthy, but with everything she was going through you understand what she does and why she does it. Every single other character in this book were all an integral part of the story every one of them brought something to the book even the 40 year old at the beginning to Katie her little sister every single person had an impact and that is an amazing feat to have in a book.

As i said this books main theme is about consent & at first i didn't really get where this was coming from, because there wasn't much in the beginning because we were reading it from Nina's POV and she doesn't remember what happened that night. It wasn't until near the end where you start to understand the extent that experience even if she doesn't remember it has changed her and towards the end it became a huge part of this story and it literally made me cry to read about her going through this and it was heartbreaking to watch her go through it not only with the consent situation but also with battling Alcoholism and Family and friend issues as well. This isn't a story of a 17 year old screw up who tries to get her life back on track like i originally thought going in, its a story about a 17 year old girl who makes some bad choices and ends up in a situation that she blames herself for and ends up drinking more and more until she realises that she is the only one who can make herself better again, but she also learns she has a very good support system and she doesn't have to do it all alone.

This was a heartbreaking, funny book that you can tell was written by a fantastic author and comedian. It was clever, sad & most importantly it didn't shy away from the truth of the situation to many women find themselves in today. It is one of the best book i have read so far this year, and was more than worth the tears and laughter reading it.

Until Next Time

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