A review by thuhufa
Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Childhood that turns into girlhood and sisterhood, told from the pov of a brown girl growing up in England, who stops speaking. She is learning the conditions of being a girl, of the world’s prescription of femininity and growing out of the innocence and ignorance of being a child by observing what is expected of her. She is observing her sister, her friends, her neighbour and most of all her mother who goes in and out of depressive episodes and her father who steps in as the primary carer for the family and most of all her mother. 
Mona Arshi is a poet and you can really tell, in the best way possible. Ruby was someone I wanted to befriend and protect. Loved loved this book.