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I Miss You, I Hate This by Sara Saedi
4.0
Honestly, there were parts of this book that were so relatable I was taken aback by how much they resonated and that made for a really, really personal read.
"I Miss You, I Hate This" is about best friends Parisa and Gabriela as they navigate their senior year of high school amid a global pandemic. While the author admits in her acknowledgements she did write this book during the coronavirus pandemic, this was the one book where thinking about the coronavirus wasn't something that took me out of the story, but rather, only intensified the relatability. As someone who remembers exactly what it felt like to be frantically texting her best friends through those uncertain first waves of COVID (and, let's face it, every single other variant and wave of COVID), you can feel the tension and anxiety interwoven with the normal stressors of high school - college apps, relationships, and figuring out how to maintain friendships when attending colleges on entirely separate coasts.
Ultimately, however, the key parts of this book are about the friendship between Parisa and Gabriela, and how the best friendships can weather anything, even ill-timed emails, fights about boys, and anxiety attacks that can cut a sleepover short.
"I Miss You, I Hate This" is about best friends Parisa and Gabriela as they navigate their senior year of high school amid a global pandemic. While the author admits in her acknowledgements she did write this book during the coronavirus pandemic, this was the one book where thinking about the coronavirus wasn't something that took me out of the story, but rather, only intensified the relatability. As someone who remembers exactly what it felt like to be frantically texting her best friends through those uncertain first waves of COVID (and, let's face it, every single other variant and wave of COVID), you can feel the tension and anxiety interwoven with the normal stressors of high school - college apps, relationships, and figuring out how to maintain friendships when attending colleges on entirely separate coasts.
Ultimately, however, the key parts of this book are about the friendship between Parisa and Gabriela, and how the best friendships can weather anything, even ill-timed emails, fights about boys, and anxiety attacks that can cut a sleepover short.