A review by theshenners
Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga
5.0
ok I have not read My Heart and Other Black Holes so maybe I went into the book without any set expectations, unlike other ppl whose less favorable reviews I've scrolled past...but I loved it.
I'll admit I'm a sucker for stories about parent-child relationships and will cry over them more than I do romantic ones (oops), but yeah, this book hit the right notes for me in terms of depicting complex intergenerational feelings, and the arc with Taliah's mom definitely resonated with me as the child of immigrants. I teared up multiple times and it's relatively rare for a book to do that. It might have to do with the depictions of the deaths of 2 of Taliah's grandparents and how Taliah's parents cope with that loss since I'm still grieving my mom's passing, but yeah, it was emotional experience reading about the expectations and fears and hopes and love that form the bonds between parents and children.
CWs: death, ableist language
I'll admit I'm a sucker for stories about parent-child relationships and will cry over them more than I do romantic ones (oops), but yeah, this book hit the right notes for me in terms of depicting complex intergenerational feelings, and the arc with Taliah's mom definitely resonated with me as the child of immigrants. I teared up multiple times and it's relatively rare for a book to do that. It might have to do with the depictions of the deaths of 2 of Taliah's grandparents and how Taliah's parents cope with that loss since I'm still grieving my mom's passing, but yeah, it was emotional experience reading about the expectations and fears and hopes and love that form the bonds between parents and children.
CWs: death, ableist language