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A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

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sangsmiles's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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augie_'s review against another edition

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

4.0

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acorny's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

Beautiful, heartbreaking, and felt so real. This one hit a nerve for sure, I cried for all the characters. 
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beth_48's review against another edition

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

2.5

I was really looking forward to reading this, I really liked the style of writing. I wish there was more of a story, it was a struggle at times to pick the book back up and carry on reading.
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your_true_shelf's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I adored this book with every piece of my heart. How an author so young can write the relationships in this book so incredibly, wow. Especially between a father and son. I can't imagine never reading this book again, it will definitely be read more times! 
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emilylhelt's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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foxowl2005's review against another edition

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emotional 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

4.0

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annreadsabook's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If anyone asks me why I'm crying in the club, it's because of Part 4 of this book.

A Place for Us follows an Indian Muslim family living in California—the family experiences love, loss, and hardship across the years as the children come to understand themselves through the lens of their heritage and faith. Amar struggles to find a place within his family beside his high-achieving eldest sister, while Hadia deals with her own inner turmoil as the oldest child who bears the weight of her family’s needs and expectations. Each of the family members, but particularly Amar and Hadia, grapples with understanding their faith both as a means of connecting with community and as a personal commitment.

Something I loved about A Place for Us was the way in which Mirza depicts the parents’ relationship to their children. Mirza’s characterization of Rafiq, the patriarch, was so compelling in its depth and care—he is strict and often unbending in ways his children sometimes find alienating, but his love for his children nevertheless shines through. Similarly, we see Amar striving time and again to please his parents despite feeling, in many ways, constricted and underestimated by them. Mirza has crafted a beautifully three-dimensional portrait of a family trying (and often failing) to do right by each other.

If you loved Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You or other books that are slow-paced and character-driven, this is right up your alley!
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mark_kivimaki's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A Place for Us is a beautiful portrait of a Muslim, Indian-American family's struggle for belonging amongst themselves and their society. Mirza does a great job exploring and developing each character's perspectives, and the writing is atmospheric and immersive. While a slow burn, it's a compelling and enrapturing read.
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valenblr's review against another edition

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

4.5

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