Everyone calls it something different but I found myself really liking scorpions.

This is a necessary book, all too often those with OCD find ourselves explaining what it isn’t, and what it means to be terrified. It’s not always possible to take ‘jokes’ well.

The author is talented and certainly shows the reality whilst also showing how outrageously the effect can hit.

Excellent.

I knew immediately when I saw it that I wanted to read this book. I read it as soon as I got it, in one go, and I absolutely loved it. I don't think I've ever felt as seen by a book as this one, and it was really lovely to read about OCD in the form of a memoir.

The writing style is beautiful whilst still being simple and colloquial and easy to read. I loved the use of the scorpion metaphor. I think that this is an incredible book for anyone to read, and that it humanises and brings light to a condition that there's not a lot of true information about in popular culture and media.

4.5 stars, rounded down to 4