Title: My Nonidentical Twin: What I’d like you to know about living with Tourette’s
Author: Evie Meg – This Trippy Hippie
Dates read: 08/03/26 – 01/07/26
Rating ⭐️⭐️3/4 (2.75 stars)
Publisher: Sphere
Number of pages: 251
Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction
Subject or genre: health, memoir
Book blurb:
Happy-go-lucky Evie Meg was an award-winning teenage gymnast who dreamed of becoming a teaching assistant. But when she developed a hiccup tic that gave way to increasingly severe health problems the doctors couldn’t solve, could the power of an online community stop her from disappearing into the darkness?
My Nonidentical Twin is a heartbreakingly inspirational story about finding friendship in unlikely places, what it truly means to be neurodivergent, and how hope can spring from even the bleakest of times.
How I discovered or acquired this book:I followed Evie Meg on social media, really enjoyed her content and pre-ordered this as soon as it was available. And then it sat on my TBR for 5 years
My thoughts:I think this is one of those books where timing really matters.
I started following Evie Meg on YouTube several years ago, and it was her videos that convinced me to buy this book back in 2021. It’s been sitting on my TBR ever since, and I can’t help wondering if I’d have enjoyed it much more had I read it then.
The biggest issue for me was that very little of the book felt new. Having followed Evie’s content for years, I was already familiar with many of the stories, experiences, and discussions she shares here. Rather than expanding on them, the book often felt like a written version of content I’d already consumed elsewhere.
I also found the writing style a little younger than I expected. It’s warm, conversational, and very accessible, which I think will appeal to younger readers or those discovering Evie for the first time, but it wasn’t quite what I was looking for.
One thing that surprised me was the balance of topics. Given the subtitle, What I’d Like You to Know About Living with Tourette’s, I expected the book to focus primarily on Tourette syndrome. Instead, a significant portion explores anxiety, mental health, and functional neurological disorder. Those experiences are, of course, an important part of Evie’s story, but I did come away feeling that the subtitle promised a more Tourette-focused book than this actually is.
The standout section for me was the Tourette’s diary. Reading page after page of tics, interruptions, and exhaustion was genuinely harrowing, and it communicated the relentless reality of living with Tourette syndrome more powerfully than any explanation could.
Overall, I think I’d recommend this most to people who are new to Evie’s work. For me, I’d already experienced much of this story through her social media, and I finished the book wishing it had either explored those experiences in greater depth or focused more closely on Tourette syndrome itself.