A review by torishams
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

3.0

Despite loving Celeste Ng's previous 2 books, this one fell quite flat for me. Perhaps it was partially due to the dystopian setting (which isn't typically something I gravitate towards reading about). I think it definitely touched on some important topics, but it just wasn't my cup of tea.

Favorite quotes:

• he turned away, so she wouldn’t have to pretend to be brave. To let her be alone with her grief, or whatever heavier thing she’d put on top to hold it down. (17%)
• How porous the boundary was between him and the world, as if everything flowed through him like water through a net. She’d worried about him, moving through a rough world as a tender bare heart, beating out in the open where anything could cause a bruise. (46%)
• maybe sometimes, she thought, the bird with its head held high took flight. maybe sometimes, the nail that stuck up pierced the foot that stomped down. (71%)