Now here is where I disagree with the Goodreads reviews: having a surgery to reverse a disability or to help it out is NOT CHANGING YOURSELF. In the end she decides to do what is best for her, and she believes that that is having the surgery. Her parents and friends and boyfriend all have their own opinions and Lily is spinning in circles because she just wants everyone to be happy, including herself. In the novel, Lily is presented with a surgery that could tone down her ADHD so she could function a little better, and have a better shot at college and a bright future.
A lot of people on Goodreads said the end made it seem like Lily should have to change to be accepted and I don’t think that is what the author intended at all in this book.
Here is my take…which gets a little spoilery so if you want to read this book, come back and read the rest of my review later. I got on Goodreads at 2 AM after I finished this book, to rate it, and noticed all the subpar reviews because of the ending of the novel which was so discouraging to me because I thought the ending was kinda perfect. ADHD is mostly talked about in teens and children and this book really puts us to thinking about Lily’s future as an adult. For my fiance, it is the difference between going to work or skipping. For my students, them taking their medicine or not is the difference between an A+ and an F.
Besides having ADHD myself I have seen the effects of ADHD up close and personal in many different settings. My fiance has ADHD and I am a teacher who has to deal with the problems in my students like the problems Lily has. Let me tell you what I love about this novel: She also has impulses, which leads her to kiss Abelard when they are mutually in trouble in the office one day after accidentally breaking a wall. Lily is your typical teen except she loses stuff, can’t remember things, and her mouth moves as fast as her brain does. First off, this is an #ownvoices novel about Lily who is ADHD (like the author) and Abelard, her boyfriend who fits somewhere on the Autism/ Asperger’s spectrum.
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