Reviews with content warning for Bullying - Show Us Who You Are

I absolutely loved Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicolls - as an autistic book reviewer I first found Elle on autistic and writing Twitter, which led to me buying her first book, A Kind of Spark, which I've reviewed here before and also loved. I continued to follow her publishing journey online until this book, a near future scifi with holograms and a bit of AI run by a suspicious company called Pomegranate, was ready to come out. Our main character's brother works at Pomegranate and she meets the son of the owner at a company party (this is MG, so both of them are about 12). Cora and Adrien immediately find common ground because they are both neurodivergent, Cora being autistic and Adrien having ADHD. I adored their friendship and it reminded me a lot of how much I enjoy talking to other people like me. When Pomegrante wants to interview Cora to figure out how to work holograms of autistic people better, Adrien advises against it, and only a tragedy can overrule his advice and send her running into their arms. The representation and how this book addressed ableism was very meaningful to me and I'm so happy to have read it!

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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