Book Review: Does Anyone Else Feel Like This? by Eli Rallo

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ (4/5 stars)

Eli Rallo’s Does Anyone Else Feel Like This? feels like a long, heart-spilling phone call with your best friend—the one who’s equally lost, equally overthinking, and equally determined to make it all work somehow. It’s raw, messy, and refreshingly human. Rallo captures the chaos of your twenties—the confusing blend of freedom and fear, ambition and anxiety—and she does it with the kind of candor that makes you laugh through the cringe of recognition.

What makes this book stand out is Eli’s voice. She writes the way she talks: quick, witty, and full of heart. You can almost hear her pacing her New York apartment, trying to make sense of modern adulthood while scrolling through Instagram and wondering if everyone else has it more figured out. She doesn’t hide behind platitudes or polished advice. Instead, she admits to her spirals, her mistakes, and the way comparison can eat away at joy. It’s the kind of honesty that makes you exhale and think, “Okay, maybe it’s not just me.”

There’s a mix of humor and heartbreak woven through every chapter. One moment she’s unpacking the pain of losing a best friend; the next, she’s confessing how hard it is to resist measuring her life against others’ highlight reels. Her reflections on career uncertainty and social media burnout are painfully relatable for anyone navigating the “adulting” years without a map.

The book isn’t perfect—it can feel a bit repetitive in places, circling the same themes of self-doubt and confusion. But perhaps that’s the point. Growing up often feels like going in circles until something finally clicks. And by the end, Rallo manages to land in a place of self-acceptance that feels earned, not forced.

If you’ve ever cried on your commute, questioned every life decision after midnight, or wondered if you’re the only one who doesn’t feel like a “real adult,” this book is a balm. Does Anyone Else Feel Like This? is equal parts memoir, pep talk, and gentle reality check. It doesn’t promise all the answers—but it makes you feel a little less alone while you’re figuring them out.

Perfect for fans of Girls, Everything I Know About Love, and anyone who’s still waiting for life to start making sense.