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rehamreadabook's review
3.0
a nice little quick read with few deep meaningful words in between laughs
clumsyqueenie's review
4.0
i loved this a short and cute read about sibling love, and it was the perfect way to start off this year. srashvi and her brother were so fun to read and the side f/f relationship was everything! the tamil rep was just beautifully (and simply) done, considering we don't get much of this in the industry<3
if you're looking for a short read to get you out of a slump, definitely check this out!
thank you so much to anahita for sending me a free copy!
if you're looking for a short read to get you out of a slump, definitely check this out!
thank you so much to anahita for sending me a free copy!
starlessgod's review
5.0
"Seeing him like this, seeing the pride in his eyes, knowing I can show off to him, knowing I can look at him while I perform and get that boost of confidence…I wonder.
Is this how parents feel?"
My heart.
Anahita has been kind enough to send me a copy of her short story in exchange for a review (because Amazon was being a pain in the *ss). And what can I say except, wow.
Listen. I haven't read a YA contemporary for....oof, months, at least. They're good, don't get me wrong, I just feel like they're not for me anymore (a 25 year old girl, whose main liking is fantasy). BUT. I'm friends with Anahita on twitter, and I saw she had published her short story, and it was intriguing okay. Also, gotta support your writer friends.
N e gay.
All I Have Left is about Srashvi, who has planned a roadtrip with her friends to go to their gig. Her little brother, Sudhir, is supposed to stay at a neighbour's house... except in the end he doesn't. Srashvi is Sudhir's guardian after their parents' death, and she wants, for once, for a couple of days, to be free. She wants to be a normal college girl, not a parent. But when there isn't anyone to take care of her little brother, she takes him with them. And when Sudhir gets sick, her turmoil intensifies.
This story is about love, between friends and family, about obligations and burden, and realising what you have. It's also queer, but not focused on romance. It's mainly about family. And it's beautiful.
Srashvi is real, and deep. She wants to be her brother's guardian, but also, she doesn't, but also, she doesn't have a choice, does she? Their parents are dead, and they have a family, but. He's her little brother. It belongs to *her" to take care of him. And she does this beautifully. She's a good person, a good sister, and she realises in the end, it all comes with balance. Her problems won't disappear (she still has to take care of her brother, in a town mostly composed of white and cishet people, when she is everything but white and cishet) but she has her friend, and she knows she can do it.
And also. Gods, am I a sucker for found families.
CW: death of parents (mentioned), grief, homophobia and racism.
Is this how parents feel?"
My heart.
Anahita has been kind enough to send me a copy of her short story in exchange for a review (because Amazon was being a pain in the *ss). And what can I say except, wow.
Listen. I haven't read a YA contemporary for....oof, months, at least. They're good, don't get me wrong, I just feel like they're not for me anymore (a 25 year old girl, whose main liking is fantasy). BUT. I'm friends with Anahita on twitter, and I saw she had published her short story, and it was intriguing okay. Also, gotta support your writer friends.
N e gay.
All I Have Left is about Srashvi, who has planned a roadtrip with her friends to go to their gig. Her little brother, Sudhir, is supposed to stay at a neighbour's house... except in the end he doesn't. Srashvi is Sudhir's guardian after their parents' death, and she wants, for once, for a couple of days, to be free. She wants to be a normal college girl, not a parent. But when there isn't anyone to take care of her little brother, she takes him with them. And when Sudhir gets sick, her turmoil intensifies.
This story is about love, between friends and family, about obligations and burden, and realising what you have. It's also queer, but not focused on romance. It's mainly about family. And it's beautiful.
Srashvi is real, and deep. She wants to be her brother's guardian, but also, she doesn't, but also, she doesn't have a choice, does she? Their parents are dead, and they have a family, but. He's her little brother. It belongs to *her" to take care of him. And she does this beautifully. She's a good person, a good sister, and she realises in the end, it all comes with balance. Her problems won't disappear (she still has to take care of her brother, in a town mostly composed of white and cishet people, when she is everything but white and cishet) but she has her friend, and she knows she can do it.
And also. Gods, am I a sucker for found families.
CW: death of parents (mentioned), grief, homophobia and racism.
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