laced-petals
This book follows a Narrator who believes they are nothing special. Nothing but ordinary. Ordinary to the point of being invisible. Surrounded by people who shine loudly, talented, admired, CHOSEN, they grow up thinking worth is something you either have or you don't. They spend their life measuring themselves against other, mistaking comparison for truth.
The story explores the quiet damage of believing there is only room for people who are 'special'. Through small, human moments rather than grand achievements, the narrator slowly realises that someone else's brilliance does not erase their own existence. Worth is not a competition, and light is not a limited resource.
In the end, the Narrator does not become exceptional in the way they once wished. Instead, they learn that being gentle, observant, and deeply feeling was never a lack, it was simply a different kind of shine.
This is a book about envy, invisibility, and the painful longing to be special, and about unlearning the lie that you must outshine others to matter.