A review by briaraq
Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli, Aisha Saeed

2.0

I didn’t like this book. Maya is literally celebrating Ramadan and all she does is fast. She briefly mentions to Jamie that she doesn’t want to go against her religion then puts it on her parents. It just didn’t seem like religion was important to her, so what was the point of her being Muslim? Yeah, she fights back against the hijab bill, but was that for Muslims or just her mom? Anyway, I think if you’re going to bring a religious holiday into the story then it needs to truly be part of the story because all Maya cares about is how hungry she is from fasting. Also, I hate the whole “I’m giving up my religion for this white boy” trope. Why is it that poc always have to give up things for white people? And why as poc would anyone want to keep dealing out this trope? Give me a “I’m a white boy giving up my religion for literally any other person” trope.

It is cool that the authors actually went door to door campaigning to get more info about that.