A review by lizshayne
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He

adventurous challenging sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The problem with having a "to-read" list that you just randomly pull things off of and take out of the library digitally is that, at no point, do you stop to read what the book is about before beginning it and so you're playing a game known as "this is fascinating, I wonder what this book is about".
The nice thing about this book is that you are supposed to spend quite a LOT of time wondering what this book is about. That's kind of the point.
The build at the beginning was slow, but once I realized that the story was not actually the story I thought it was, I got quite sucked in.

I am not entirely sure how I feel about Casey's portrayal. She reads like an autistic character, situated between the traits stereotypically associated with autistic people and more fleshed out. I can't tell if it's deliberate, although if it is, I gotta say that's super-depressing that we're still making autistic people feel less than human half a millenium into the future.