In the Neighborhood of True

DNF

Is this an important topic? Absolutely! Does this book deserve to be read by loads of people? Yes, yes, yes. Did it work for me? Not in the slightest.

This feels like one of those “it's not you, it's me!” moments (‘you' being the book, and ‘me' being, well... me), but the writing style doesn't work for me at all. I also immediately had some huge personal issues with the depictions of characters in this book, and the whole thing just... sigh. It's not for me, fam. I definitely hope others will love it because it's an important topic and we need more own-voice Jewish rep in YA for sure, but I won't be picking this one back up.

Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!