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You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen

57 reviews

katelynnreads's review

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5.0

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bookedandbusy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

This was an absolutely incredible book about standing up for what you believe in and having the courage to be yourself, it’s about stomping out hate with love and raising your voice about what really matters. Such an incredible story!

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didi0236's review

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hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Really enjoyed reading and seeing the perspective of young Black muslim girls. The characters were really lovable.

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teen_72's review

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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? No

5.0

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mandkips's review against another edition

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challenging emotional 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

3.25

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burnourhistory's review against another edition

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emotional 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? No

3.0

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siobhanward's review

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emotional 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? No

3.5

I'm a bit torn on this one. Some things I loved while others just fell flat. I loved the story, the characters and the intersectionality - aspects of characters' identities being called into question as they weren't their main "defining" characteristics was something that stuck out to me. I thought that was really well done - we all have tons of roles and identities and it can be hard to balance them all, or figure out where one ends and another begins.

However, this book definitely felt over the top - I know it's a YA book and I've rated accordingly (if this had been an adult book, I likely would have rated it more harshly due to this). All of the bad characters were so over the top bad that it made them seem like caricatures, and solutions presented themselves out of nowhere. I think more focus on microaggressions, rather than every character doing giant, overtly racist things may have had more impact on readers - especially those who might be guilty of those microaggressions themselves and not realize.

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