A review by mmccombs
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I’m surprised I didn’t like this more? The writing is absolutely stunning, LaCour really has a gift for distilling emotions in wonderfully descriptive ways. But I couldn’t really connect with these characters and didn’t think the structure of it did the story much service (I’m also just not a huge fan of flashbacks so it could just be a me problem). I wanted to like it more but I just thought it was okay! Deeply emotional, but okay! (Also, just providing a warning that a slur for the Inuit pops up in this book, just in case you need it!)
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