Funny and clever. Makes you laugh and cry.. and think too. Your must-read book. Every person - young and old should read it to relax and have good time.

Hilarious and heartwarming, I absolutely loved this. The illustrations are incredible and I couldn't get enough of the knowing and sensitive humour - I'm a sucker for footnotes, and for overly-amorous french pigeons, it seems!

I’d heard a lot of talk about this book and how funny it was but also how it was a great representation of what it’s like to have anxiety. I’m sometimes a bit wary of hype but I’m particularly interested in children’s books that deal with mental health or emotional wellbeing so I decided that this was a book that I really needed to read, I’m so glad that I did.
First of all, the book is genuinely laugh out loud funny. I often inwardly smile at books but it takes a lot to make me guffaw and properly laugh at a book. Copeland’s writing is so funny. I think good funny footnotes are really hard to do and he really managed it! The illustrations by Sarah Horne capture the characters perfectly. Her illustration of Charlie as a spider was so perfect I tried to highlight it on my kindle in the same way that I collect my favourite sentences.
As an anxiety sufferer, I really identified with Charlie’s problem. I mean, I’ve never turned into an animal but I have had debilitating panic attacks. I loved how the book highlights ways to help stave off panic attacks or slow them down.
I can’t wait to read more about Charlie and his friends!