maryleong 's review for:

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

3.0

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(3.5/5) In some ways, this is a trite dark academia YA novel. The plot is unremarkable. But it hit me hard. Because for a few years, I went to a school not dissimilar to this: a cutthroat academic environment, with the tiger parents, dysfunctional families, class/economic anxiety, immigrant hustle and guilt, drugs, mental health struggles, and more. How We Fall Apart got right at those feelings and brought up memories I thought I'd long left behind.