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A review by happyeverabigail
Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This was so incredible and is going to stick with me for a long time. The magic of this writing to cover stories, while fiction very much based on reality, including homophobia, racism, oppressive governments, deportation, and more, and with an overarching tone of resiliency and hope was masterful to me. I normally go into content warnings like those worried how much this is going to rip my heart out but even when certain moments are nothing but tragic or make me cry there is so much wisdom about a person not being a single moment or forever bitter from a lost love (because as hopeful as this is it’s still based in reality, some relationships truly do become lost). I am a major HEA romance reader and I was kept safe in this story.
The love these 3 generations of fathers/sons have for each other was so powerful at times. They each had their moments of misunderstanding each other but with the alternating POVs you knew how strong their familial bond and love for each other was and that’s what carried them through. I found each POV so interesting even the very serious one of the 3.
I don’t often read YA but if anyone ever asks me for a YA rec going forward this is going to be top of my list.
The love these 3 generations of fathers/sons have for each other was so powerful at times. They each had their moments of misunderstanding each other but with the alternating POVs you knew how strong their familial bond and love for each other was and that’s what carried them through. I found each POV so interesting even the very serious one of the 3.
I don’t often read YA but if anyone ever asks me for a YA rec going forward this is going to be top of my list.