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A review by boipoka
Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet
4.0
This book hit so close to home, that am sure my review is biased.
This is the story of a girl who chose to leave home and then had to deal with the (unintended) consequences of that choice. Of a girl who Though my circumstances of leaving home and the consequences were very different from Liz's, I totally got this. The struggle to redefine yourself, without losing who you are; to make your home among strangers and in the process make your original home strange. At every moment Liz had to make a choice, I could relate it to a choice I've had to make too. I just couldn't stop reading.
I also loved how real it is. There are no happy endings. There isn't even a neatly tied up ending. It's just like life - things don't go according to plan, but somehow we make peace with it. Often in the wrong way.
But if you don't identify with Liz's struggles, never felt guilty about leaving home or felt strangers understand you better than your own family, I'm not sure you can enjoy the book. It might feel overtly dramatized and monotonous.
This is the story of a girl who chose to leave home and then had to deal with the (unintended) consequences of that choice. Of a girl who
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ultimately learnt to live for herself, learnt that your dreams can't be the price you pay for someone else's happiness, even if that someone is people you love bestI also loved how real it is. There are no happy endings. There isn't even a neatly tied up ending. It's just like life - things don't go according to plan, but somehow we make peace with it. Often in the wrong way.
But if you don't identify with Liz's struggles, never felt guilty about leaving home or felt strangers understand you better than your own family, I'm not sure you can enjoy the book. It might feel overtly dramatized and monotonous.