Review: Life and Other Complications

Life and Other Complications by Heather Mullaly
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Life and Other Complications is a story filled with emotion. Although a quick read, it is packed with events that hit hard and ensure you cannot put it down. It’s a story that will stick with the reader long after finishing and has ensured I want to read more of Heather Mullaly’s work.

Life and Other Complications is one of those books where the blurb ensures the reader knows exactly what they’re in store for when they dive into the story. Sometimes this is a bad thing, but it works with this one. It is a heavy read, and the foreknowledge allows the reader to be prepared for the emotions they are going to be hit with. Not that the book bombards the reader with the heavy details. The information is there, but the story is about a lot more. It is about friendship and love. It is about being true to oneself and finding oneself. It is about all the complications of the teenage years, and it does so while dealing with an additional heavy topic that pulls at the heartstring.

Without a doubt, this is a must read. A few things were a bit too simple and did not feel quite true to life (a lack of reality of certain aspects exist to counter the darkness), but it was not enough to take away my enjoyment of the story. It hit hard and I could not get enough.

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