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Like Home
by Louisa Onomé
You know this is one of those times when I want to say a lot but at the same time I can’t say a lot. Sometimes I find it difficult to write spoiler free reviews but here I am, giving it a go. Because, y’all, you should definitely add Like Home to your TBR, its really amazing to read!
A ya contemporary novel, it has its all the teen charm, angst, gossips, jealousy, miscommunication and quite a lot of stuff for the readers! Set in Toronto, it talks about Ginger East and how life is in actuality in neighborhood. The novel greatly focuses on gentrification and people’s experience surrounding it. I didn’t grew up in a neighborhood but my mother grew up in what we called ‘colony’ which was greatly similar in description what I found in this novel. I am not talking about gangs, but the community, people living together in harmony and knowing everything there is to know, people supporting each other and much more. It’s not easy to see such drastic changes taking place and similarly for Nelo, it was difficult and frankly confusing to see the vast amount of changes that her neigborhood was going through. It talks about displacement, urbanisation of sorts and people moving out to fairly ‘better’ neighborhoods.
Another thing that was amazing about this book was its take on diversity. I loved how smoothly it flowed, allowing the readers to enjoy and varied cast and hence varied culture. It also dealt with changes in friendships, the lost ones which you eventually find again, the ones you find yourself uncertain in and the ones which seem everything but nothing together. It was all the cast, especially Kate and Nelo which made me read the novel with so much vigor. Had this book been written in multiple POV, it would have been soo amazing but I like how the author decided to give voice to the character she could most connect to and give a genuine representation. Nelo was stubborn, quick on her decisions and full of opinions to bring about good change. One more thing amazing thing about this book was it’s continuous and glaring representation of social media and internet influenced so much of what was happening around!
Honestly, it was just too great to read this novel and I am soo happy that I got a chance to read this one! It was definitely like that last piece of cake which you savor till the end but still can’t get enough of!
*Thanks to netgalley and the publisher to provide me with an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!
A ya contemporary novel, it has its all the teen charm, angst, gossips, jealousy, miscommunication and quite a lot of stuff for the readers! Set in Toronto, it talks about Ginger East and how life is in actuality in neighborhood. The novel greatly focuses on gentrification and people’s experience surrounding it. I didn’t grew up in a neighborhood but my mother grew up in what we called ‘colony’ which was greatly similar in description what I found in this novel. I am not talking about gangs, but the community, people living together in harmony and knowing everything there is to know, people supporting each other and much more. It’s not easy to see such drastic changes taking place and similarly for Nelo, it was difficult and frankly confusing to see the vast amount of changes that her neigborhood was going through. It talks about displacement, urbanisation of sorts and people moving out to fairly ‘better’ neighborhoods.
Another thing that was amazing about this book was its take on diversity. I loved how smoothly it flowed, allowing the readers to enjoy and varied cast and hence varied culture. It also dealt with changes in friendships, the lost ones which you eventually find again, the ones you find yourself uncertain in and the ones which seem everything but nothing together. It was all the cast, especially Kate and Nelo which made me read the novel with so much vigor. Had this book been written in multiple POV, it would have been soo amazing but I like how the author decided to give voice to the character she could most connect to and give a genuine representation. Nelo was stubborn, quick on her decisions and full of opinions to bring about good change. One more thing amazing thing about this book was it’s continuous and glaring representation of social media and internet influenced so much of what was happening around!
Honestly, it was just too great to read this novel and I am soo happy that I got a chance to read this one! It was definitely like that last piece of cake which you savor till the end but still can’t get enough of!
*Thanks to netgalley and the publisher to provide me with an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!