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You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
4.0
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Overall, I really enjoyed this! It’s very messy in the most real and honest way! It very much read like a memoir which I thought was interesting but I actually really liked. I’m very much not a literary fiction girlie so I sometimes struggle with the ones I decide to pick up but I’m really glad I gave this one a try! It was very interesting to be inside the protagonist’s head and really understanding her reconciliation between craving love and craving family but having self destructive tendencies that repeatedly blow up both and also going on her journey of discovering all of this about herself. I do wish the story was told in a more linear way instead jumping around but overall, this is a really moving and powerful read!