A review by moodyromancereader
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

This book follows a queer Palestinian-Woman who was raised in New York. Throughout the book, we witness the character making bad decisions and hurting the people she loves. We see how the main character wants to be loved so desperately that it leads her to be interested in emotionally unavailable or unattainable people. But her desire to be loved so desperately stems from her childhood and her relationship with her mother, which led her to believe she isn’t worthy of love. We watch the reader make questionable decisions and witness her trying to break this cycle of self-sabotage. We also learn about her Palestinian heritage, and there are moments in the book where she visits the West Bank and discusses the hurdles she has to go through to visit her family.
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