Visual gimmicks – flashbacks, fantasies and animated squiggles leaping from the page – are used sparingly but effectively, allowing the focus to stay fixed on Rae and Rooney’s commanding and engagingly natural central performance. La verdad me fue muy extraño leer el diario de alguien, sinceramente me aburría y además como es un diario no teníamos tanta información más que el punto de vista de la protagonista, horas o quizás días después de que hubieran pasado en realidad los hechos.

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Sophie Wright as Tix (series 1, 3), a resident of the psychiatric hospital and Rae's other best friend. Back in the tail-end of the 80s, when the rave culture was getting going and the Manchester scene was just starting out, the UK was an exciting place to be. But in Madder Fatter there was specific stuff about me and I thought do I want to put this out there? I quickly realised though that the book is quite different from the series and initially felt a little bit disappointed.Some of it is but the trick is distinguishing between what is feeling sad and what is depression, what is a worry and what is anxiety. It’s full of brilliant things – like a mini stable and horses, loads of stationery and a giant old railway station clock (slight ‘Dr. Mad Fat Diary isn’t like that, though, and you’re left cheering as Rae laughs the moment off as she dives into the pool.

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Set in Stamford, Lincolnshire in the mid-1990s, My Mad Fat Diary follows the story of 16-year-old, 16 stone (106 kg) (233 lb) girl, Rae Earl, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months. However, as the series progresses, Rae and Finn become closer, eventually bonding over their shared love of music. Semple refers to My Mad Fat Diary as a "breath of fresh air and will do a lot to change the way young people think about mental health. I helped look after my gran when she was poorly and I always think there’s something really rewarding about helping people.Unless, that is, you were 17, lived in Stamford, in Lincolnshire, suffered from mental health issues, hated yourself, and ate too many Wagon Wheels. Throughout its run, My Mad Fat Diary received critical acclaim, particularly for its accurate and honest portrayal of mental illness and Sharon Rooney's performance. You’ve got to remember that television in the eighties and nineties was just full of perfect, preened, beautiful women, which, you know is a thing, that’s fine, but it’s not something I ever was or am ever going to be, so it was the people who I felt I could be like. Odd because I spent a lot of time worrying about everything – like war, murderers and poisonous mushrooms (don’t ask). As I am formulating this review I find it difficult to type the words “I enjoyed this book” because it seems wrong.