A review by imissyou
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

3.0

I mean I accidentally ran into you and I haven’t been able to breathe straight for hours

Im broken in so many ways after reading this book that I can't even explain it in a good way, but I'll just say I had to stop to breathe because it went too hard on me. How can I explain how freaking much I love Ocean? I truly don't know but this guy is one of the small amount of male love interests that I truly believe they are the one for the main character.

To be honest, both Shririn and Ocean have my whole heart. At the start I really disliked her, I tried to understand why she acted the way she acted but I couldn't, the pages passed and I started understanding her fear towards the humanity and it made me really really sad. I think the saddest thing about the islamophobia portrayed in this book is how real it actually is and how many people have to go through it in their daily life, it just broke my heart.

If I could read this book for the first time again I would but for now I'll just go and write a fanfic to change the ending so future readers don't cry as much as I did.