A review by mellowreading
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

WHEW. I almost want to rate this a 5 star, because I feel like if I had read it at a better time, I would have loved it even more. this book captures the feeling of isolation and loneliness so acutely, especially in its descriptions of setting, that some of that feeling bled into me too. This book feels like shades of blue. I teared up a couple times. It felt very real and very cinematic at the same time. I was also really shocked at how things unfolded, I felt betrayed right alongside Marin. Lacour’s writing is also so lovely, there’s not a word wasted. 
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