I enjoyed reading How It All Blew Up, although I felt like the pacing was a little bit off for me, and I found myself reading some parts much easier and faster than others.
I enjoyed the representation in this book of a Gay, Iranian man discovering his place in the world, with the help of his new, found-family in Rome. I did enjoy this story and I was definitely invested in Amir's journey of self-discovery, but unfortunately a lot of this book felt unrealistic and wasn't really relatable in any way.
Amir, an 18 year old makes enough money in a matter of weeks in order to jet off to Rome without the permission of his parents, and his parents ~ although claiming to be worried about Amir, actually do very little to coax Amir to come back home to America.
Really, which 18 year olds are running away to Rome?
Thank you to ReadersFirst for sending me this book, free of charge to review.
I enjoyed the representation in this book of a Gay, Iranian man discovering his place in the world, with the help of his new, found-family in Rome. I did enjoy this story and I was definitely invested in Amir's journey of self-discovery, but unfortunately a lot of this book felt unrealistic and wasn't really relatable in any way.
Amir, an 18 year old makes enough money in a matter of weeks in order to jet off to Rome without the permission of his parents, and his parents ~ although claiming to be worried about Amir, actually do very little to coax Amir to come back home to America.
Really, which 18 year olds are running away to Rome?
Thank you to ReadersFirst for sending me this book, free of charge to review.