This was one of those books that left you feeling bad, but because you know you have privilege. I really enjoyed a lot about this book, the fact the protagonist acted like a teenager, the fact she had some fears and doubts about being the hero of the story and the fact that though there was a love interest, it was not /everything/. This book was brought into this world to make a point, and that point is clear. Islamaphobia is alive in the United States and it is something we should reach rise up against.

My choice to sit down and listen to this audiobook my first day of Coronavirus 2020, was probably a bad move. My choice to read it as a whole? The best move. This book is HEAVY, but in the best possible way. I was pausing the audiobook to cry, to laugh, to not burn my foot by dropping a pan in shock while making dinner... It was just A Lot. I would recommend this book to anyone who breathes and I am so upset with myself for not sitting down to read it sooner.

I don't mean to be dramatic, but I would die for this book. Easily one of the best books I have ever read in my lifetime it perfectly summarized the 2016 election anxiety and retconned it all in one go. This book is like the warm hug that I have needed.

I have been waiting for a book I could relate to as a non-binary person and I have found one. While some of the parental portrayals throw me off a bit and take me out of the book, this story shines in the relationships that exist between the main character and their sister. Though not the central relationship of the story, it is possibly the best part of this book.