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You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen

5 reviews

passionatereader78's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so eye opening. Laila Brings us into the Muslim world in different locations using three main female characters. She gives us an insight on how the Muslim community reacts to hatred after a terrorist attack happens in the United States. I enjoyed her writing style. The way she wrote this story was refreshing. I loved that You Truly Assumed is a blog! Farah, Zakat, and Sabriya run the blog. They are high school students giving a voice to others in there community until they are attacked by cyber bulls and by people in their communities. I loved the character development and how each person helped their community make positive changes. This book was inspiring and very needed.

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kayden__reads's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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maple_dove's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

You Truly Assumed has three MC's, and they're all Black, Muslim, and female, which make them targets for bigots. This book is set right when the 9/11 attacks happened, although the settings are away from any of the targeted locations. However, the destruction affected the girls, the environments they were in, and everywhere else in the United States. "When threatening comments and emails try to silence them, the three must decide: shut things down and stay safe . . . or risk it all and let their voices be heard."

What I Liked:

I was really able to relate to the feelings of hopelessness, fear, and despair in this book, feelings that often accompany many people when faced with bigotry
Discussions surrounding bigotry
And more which I cannot grasp from the top of my head

I-I don't know how to round up this review. 😅

Quotes:

CW: Mentions of: Racism, Islamophobia, Homophobia

It's gross that people get to have racist, Islamophobic, or homophobic or any of the other countless "phases" that get written off as them simply being children. Especially without any regard as to how what they said or did during their "phase" hurt others. (pg. 59)

Even though growing up, Inglethorne was mostly just Black and Latinx, with gentrification happening now, more and more white people are buying up the property and putting up Black Lives Matter signs on their lawns without realizing the irony of the fact that Black and Latinx people were forced out because they couldn't pay the rent anymore. (pg. 74)

TW: Mention of death

"Can I come with you?" Ally asks. "One of my friends goes to the mosque that got attacked. She's really sad about what happened, and I want to support her."
I smile. "Yeah, of course you can come with me."
It's just walking, so I don't mind Ally coming with me to support her friend. As long as she sticks with me and doesn't get lost, us going together shouldn't be a problem. Plus, I like Ally and Samson so far, and stepping into a big sister role doesn't seem to be as overwhelming as I thought it would be.
Jess's fork slips from her fingers, the metal clattering against her plate. "No, Ally, absolutely not. It'll be too dangerous. There's been talk about threats at vigil, and I don't want you to be in an environment like that." She turns to me, her expression sharp. "Please don't talk about the vigil anymore."
I pause, not exactly sure how I should respond. For starters, I'm pretty sure that Ally's thirteen and would be fine going to the vigil with me. I haven't heard any speculations about threats, and even though I won't write them off completely, I think if Ally wants to stand up for her friend and for what's right, then Jess should support her instead of trying to shield her. Not everyone gets the privilege of being shielded. But hey, what do I know? (pg. 216)

CW: mention of racial slur

"As much as I feel bad about what happened to Khadijiah, my main concern is keeping Ally safe," Jess says, once the kids leave the room. "She's still young. There are some things that she isn't ready to see yet."
I blink in shock. The fact that Jess thinks that she can hide Ally from seeing hate and injustice reminds me of the white mom who was walking with her son the day I was called the N-word in elementary school. She had looked at the car the slur had been hurled from, at me, and then she tugged on her son's hand and kept walking. Maybe Jess has the privilege to look way, but she shouldn't make Ally do the same. (pg. 217)

"Look, I've lived in Kirby since I was your age, and nothing like this has ever happened here. I want you and Ally to have a relationship, but I don't think that the vigil needs to be a part of that. In fact, you might want to reconsider going to the event yourself, Farah."
I look at Tommy, waiting to see if he'll disagree with her. But his silence is the only answer I get.
"You two really don't get it," I say. (Pg. 217)

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aishallnot's review against another edition

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inspiring lighthearted sad medium-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

4.25

4.25

This was one of my most anticipated releases for this year I honestly really liked you truly assumed! Three Black Muslim girls run a blog on being vulnerable about their identities and I believe this is a good example showing how Black people (specifically black women) are portrayed as strong but w/ the characters, i can read their emotions as they're coping with the terrorist attack as well as their personal lives. The same goes w/ being Muslim and showcasing to a public platform their honest feelings about being Muslim in the US.

The author also doesn't shy away from the fact that these girls are proud of their faith (one of the characters is from an interfaith family) and I loved seeing that especially in a ya book. If there was book like this 10 years ago when I was so afraid of what people would think about me, a Black Muslim, I would take chance and pick it up to read. And I'm glad yta for the young Black Muslim girls bc I know would've have loved this in high school. I definitely related to all of the girls personality wise, but I'd say I saw myself in zakat the most! I feel as if she broke out of her shell by advocating for herself and wanting to change for a better life and her character inspired me a lot 🥺. I'm so proud of Laila and I can't wait to see what she writes next!

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anniereads221's review

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challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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