All My Friends Are Invisible: the inspirational childhood memoir

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You need to seek professional help to deal with it seems some seriously bad issues that are deep routed instead of doing this fictional writing. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The story gave me a very vivid picture of what Jonathan thoughts and feelings were at different stages and times in his life and how he felt about his family-in particular his father. Wer Jonathan schon länger folgt, wird besonders gefesselt sein… eine unglaubliche Geschichte von einer anderen Welt, die für ein kleines Kind zum Lebensretter wurde. I believe a lot of the people questioning his authenticity, reasoning and experience have never experienced such trauma before.

My biggest issue with the book, apart from the fact it is poorly written, is that I don't know what the point of it is? Is this child Jonathan speaking, or adult Jonathan, currently writing the book, reflecting on child Jonathan’s thoughts - a different font or colour perhaps may have helped here. I have been in a reading slump for the last couple of months and have got maybe 2 or 3 chapters in and DNFed a lot of books, but this was different - I couldn’t put it down, and had I not started it late at night, I think I could have read in one sitting. The more we add and curate a story to become what a reader *wants* the less accurate it becomes to fact and the actual point of the book would be lost.The book explores Joly's childhood experiences with queerness and retreating into a vivid fantasy world, a phenomenon that he associates with having to grow up in a conservative 1980s United Kingdom. There is nothing wrong with that but it just doesn't add up to the narrative on YouTube or instagram we have been getting which left me feeling like I was missing something. I have said many times since Eduardo expressed his interest in being more girly you jumped on that like yes, now I can use this to my advantage. Not that he is an adult and a father and on social platforms how does he see himself is he trans, is he a man with a feminine side. Interesting (bewildering) and thought provoking at times, yes, but not sure it could be deemed a self-help book as the author doesn't actually bring it back to the present day and shed light on whether healthy coping strategies where implemented etc.

I don’t understand or believe some of the stories either as they are so vivid,you could understand maybe 1 or 2 memories of this time being so vivid but his whole book is really a play by play of a time and situation. Ambiguous Gender Identity: Jonathan Joly identifies as non-binary, meaning that he does not conform to either the binary gender identity of male or female. I believe that some chapters needed to include rest of that particular story/memory in them even if there wasn't a resolution. Jonathan Joly is widely known as one of social media's most successful content creators, with over seven million followers across social media. He says that he was abused (which I cannot say if this is true or untrue) but then exposes and exploits his children online.So far this book review is one that I have put the most thought into and it is also the most expensive. The edition I read had a highly dramatic first chapter which the author just seems to 'grow out of' rather than engaging with any bigger questions about identity. Most kids have coping mechanisms when they have been abused and a lot of kids had invisible friends growing up.

I truly hope the author receives help and provides his children with a better upbringing than he purportedly had. Traumatic memories are, by their nature, deeply harmful and traumatic and the human brain usually represses these memories.His desire to wear skirts and dresses did not go down well at home or at his conservative GAA-promoting school, so the only early outlet for his propensity was at Halloween when he could portray himself as a witch. The 'why' is missing from this book, which leaves its heart lacking (along with a believable narrative structure and decent writing). As children we often drift in our thoughts/ daydream etc for various reasons (esp children with ADHD) and I can see how it could be possible to confuse actual memories with such occasions, especially from early childhood. I will say that this book is a page turner and does make you want to know more about Jonathan and his life.