When people start drifting away from us, forces which pull them in different directions and we find ourselves adrift. It’s about the friends whose absence leaves hole in your life, new friends who just understand us, and how things begin unraveling for Grace. This book emphasizes putting us into Grace’s POV so we can experience her dissociative episodes, her anxiety, and her desires.įind How ItHow It Feels to Float is deeply emotional. It’s one of those books where reading it feels almost like looking at an abstract piece of writing. Taking place in Australia, How It Feels to Float is the story of Grace and how she processes her grief, her sexuality, and mental health. It’s written in a style that is unlike anything I’ve ever read. How It Feels to Float is an introspective portrayal of mental health and grief. TW: slut shaming, anxiety, dissociation, depression This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) (Disclaimer: I received this book from the Bookish First. Or maybe-maybe maybe maybe-there’s a third way Biz just can’t see yet. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Dad disappears, and with him, all comfort. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface-normal okay regular fine.īut after what happens on the beach-first in the ocean, and then in the sand–the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. And she doesn’t tell anyone about her dad. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, who loves her so hard, and who shouldn’t be here but is. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. That’s the story of how I picked up How It Feels to Float because of Paperfury. TFW you see one of your favorite bloggers talking about a book and you have to read it.

How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox