All My Friends Are Invisible: the inspirational childhood memoir

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Mostly, I am heartbroken for every queer storyteller who has been struggling to find a publisher/agent to publish their story, while this book gets published – presumably – due to what I believe to be a significant social media following. Also, I enjoyed Jonathan talking about Ireland thright the 80s and into 90s and thought that added a touch of realism to the story.

He shows the beautiful world he retreated to time and time again when life was unbearable for his ‘skin machine’. After several torturous years of childhood bullying, maltreatment and chronic misunderstanding from both adults and his peers, he was sent to a school for children with emotional difficulties. It is interesting, therefore, to discover a warts and all memoir of Joly’s childhood, one which includes a catalogue of traumas, some of which have travelled in his subconscious all the way into adulthood. Overall it is very confusing and personally I don't think if someone is suffering from MH should read this book as it won't help them. It is clear that this book is a poor attempt to gain attention and rekindle his failing and exploitative career.As parents of four children, they have their challenges but on the whole things seem to be going very well for them and, if it is possible to pun a bit on Anna’s name, their offer is somewhat saccharine. Joly has struggled with his identity throughout his life and it is admirable that he is communicating these experiences in a carefully curated offer. Because growing up in conservative 1980s Dublin, where there was little tolerance for children who were ‘different’, Jonathan Joly was, indeed, a different sort of child: creative, expressive, and – on the inside – a girl. I feel bad rating this book as I did, as it was clearly the heartfelt words of somebody, but I'll explain why.

We then follow Jonathan as a dad in Gatwick airport, as he has what only can be described as an outer body experience. Having watched The Sacconejoly’s lives for roughly 8 years, I felt a lot more connected to this book than other early reviews I’ve seen. All My Friends Are Invisible is a 2022 nonfiction memoir by queer activist and YouTube "family vlogger" Jonathan Joly (of the channel "SACCONEJOLYs").

If he claims to have been traumatised to such a horrific extent, I have to question why he allows millions of people to watch his children online grow up and watch many private and sensitive moments. I believe a lot of the people questioning his authenticity, reasoning and experience have never experienced such trauma before.

It just felt very self-indulgent and egocentric to me, but I guess that is the nature of 'modern celebrity' these days. It is certainly thought provoking but makes you question whether it is entirely healthy for someone with such a large platform to be conveying such messages.In fairness, growing up working class myself, it seems far more extravagant that my own life and yet I'm not narcissistic enough to think anybody would care about my life.