A review by kristaallysa
A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena

4.0

Zarin Wadia moves from India to Saudia Arabia with her Aunt and Uncle. She hopes the move will be a chance to start over, but unfortunately it's not always that easy. This is not a happy book. It starts off with the main character's death and that colors the rest of the book. The relationships are complex, messy, and almost never positive. It also delves into lots of heavy topics, including death, abuse, rape, bullying, religion, cultural norms, etc. While this was a hard book to read at times, it was also a beautiful read full of the good, the bad and the ugly of who Zarin was as a person, the moments that shaped her and how those things compared to others' views of her in a house and culture that were constantly telling her to be someone else.