10 Things I Can See From Here

10 THINGS I CAN SEE FROM HERE is a moving, sweet, heartwarming, funny and somewhat anxious-making read. It introduces a girl whose anxiety disorder has majorly impacted her life, who is trying to cope with some pretty serious stuff, and puts her in a sink or swim situation. It allows readers to experience her apprehension, her tension, her fear. And asks them to sympathize with her even when it’s not so easy to do so.Maeve can’t stop worrying about every little thing. When she gets anxious - which is practically all the time - she can’t stop her brain from going to dark places, from reciting depressing statistics, from imagining the worst possible outcomes.At home, with her mother, she’s been trying to gain some control over her disorder. But with her mom leaving for Haiti she’s forced to make some big, unsettling changes - say goodbye to Port Townsend, move in with her less than reliable dad, start a new school, make new friends. All these things are hard enough for anyone to deal with, but for someone whose fears dominate their thoughts, it’s almost impossible.Add in a tragedy, a huge disappointment, a new romance, and an early arrival, and you have the all the ingredients for an epic disaster.Author Carrie Mac didn’t take the easy road when creating her character. She gave readers someone very real, who is not always particularly likable. And while Maeve may be relatable to some, her disorder could make it difficult for others to understand and connect with her.The author also didn’t let her character take the easy road. Maeve has all kinds of challenges thrown at her - ones that should give her some hope if she can manage to face and overcome them.But it’s not all doom and gloom, as Maeve might want you to believe. 10 THINGS I CAN SEE FROM HERE offers up a lovely romance, two charming siblings, a few interesting neighbors, a kingdom of warring gnomes, and possibly more than you’d ever want to know about home births and parents’ significant others. It is an engaging and insightful, at times maddening, at times hilariously cringe-worthy read.

All the stars. This book was so lovely and perfect. All the feels. Appropriate representation. A great story. And just it wowed me. Trigger Warning for people with high anxiety. Maeve's anxiety might make you more anxious. Mac's writing is very upfront about how debilitating anxiety can be. I recognize that not all anxiety is like this. But some is. And I just thought this story is one that needed to be written. I hope you guys give this story the chance it deserves.

I enjoyed this one because its portrayal of someone living with severe anxiety felt really authentic and real. Maeve is just an average kid, living with a brain that constantly goes to the worst possible place every time, imagining catastrophe at every turn. And things just get worse when Maeve's mother follows her boyfriend overseas and sends Maeve to live with her father for six months.The new place brings with it a whole new set of things to worry about - a pregnant stepmother, twin half-brothers, her father's knife-edge sobriety. But at the same time, she meets Salix, a fascinating girl who seems not to worry about anything.As Maeve navigates through the chaos of family life in her new home, and the first tentative steps into a relationship with Salix, she has to fight her anxiety and her own thoughts every step of the way. But can she fight them hard enough to be there when the people she cares about need her most?As someone who has always struggled with anxiety and out-of-control thinking, this book rang very true to me. Maeve's thought patterns and catastrophizing seemed very familiar, even when they felt ridiculous on paper. I loved that despite all this chaos in her head, Maeve did still get out there and do things, challenged herself, even when it was clearly very, very hard for her.This is probably not a book for everyone. Maeve is a difficult character to like, even if you do identify with her struggles. She is often selfish and thoughtless because she can't get away from her anxiety. But if you know anyone who suffers through this kind of thing, it's probably worth a read just so you can begin to understand what it is like to live with a brain that's constantly throwing up worst-case scenarios.

I was really excited to start this book, and actually it jumped ahead of a LOT of other books in my pile. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.The thing about Maeve is that she's a really annoying and boring narrator. I understand WHY the story was told as it was, but I just didn't really like her or care about her for a good half of the story. I know that anxiety is a real and often crippling thing for someone to go through, but for my personality type, this book was too much for me. I actually found humor in a lot of Maeve’s thoughts, but they were very repetitive and didn’t move the story forward.I hated the adults in this book. Her dad was a joke of a father, and her mom was... well, not there. Which I get. But she made questionable decisions (such as not allowing her daughter to take medication to help her through her anxiety.) The only adult who seemed to really look out for Maeve and want to help her was her stepmom, Claire, who is a fun and slightly kooky character herself.I liked that there was a f/f romance, but I didn't buy it. I’m not really sure what Salix sees in Maeve. It was a little too "insta-love" for my liking. Salix was actually the best thing about the book, though.By the time I reached the halfway point, the book actually seemed to be developing a plot versus the endless pages of Maeve freaking out about everything. Salix really helped with that. The ending was really good too.So do I recommend this book? It had it’s good parts, but on a whole it was mostly just boring with not much happening plot wise. Ultimately for me this just wasn't a very memorable book.

I knew of Carrie Mac through her non-fiction short form writing, so although I knew her to be a good writer, I wasn't sure about the crossover to fiction. Well, she's done it very well indeed. This book moves at an excellent pace, and the story, especially for young adult readers, is engaging and easy to connect with. Truly a good read. Really enjoyed and ended up reading over the course of one day because I wanted to see how it all turned out. Recommend.

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