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All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

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correct_rper's review

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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bluedilly's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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agustinayloslibros's review

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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blkbookbae's review

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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daisywilkes's review

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

1.0

The worst book I've read this year. The protagonist is the most selfish, self centered, woeful character that is horrible to everyone in their life and then wonders why they're alone. Nothing actually happens in this book other than regretful hookups, pushing people away, and refusing to treat mental health. 
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queergoth_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I got this as an eARC from NetGalley but all thoughts are my own. 

I read this book a few days ago but its taken some time for me to gather my thoughts on it.
This books is very different from what I normally read bit from the blurb I was very intrigued and knew I needed to read it. Once I started I couldn't put it down. It's characters are so real, so human, so flawed and above all so relatable. It doesn't shy away from showing who these characters really are, in all aspects.
I'm definitely not the right person to discuss this in detail but it portrays, what seems to me, based on my limited knowledge, a very authentic narrative of what it can be like for a queer, first generation/immigrant Asian American. It is really a beautiful put together piece of art. 

Given the central character is Indian American and a lesbian, this book contains depictions of racism (heavy on the micro aggressions) and some homophobia. One thing that I do also want to point out is that there is one section where the main character says something transphobic. I feel like it was resolved in a natural, if dissatisfying way, later in the book but since this was an ARC and I couldn't find any trigger warnings I just wanted to mention that it is there.  
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