This Is My Brain in Love
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Average rating3.5
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Ratings2
Average rating3.5
Told in dual narrative, This Is My Brain in Love is a stunning YA contemporary romance, exploring mental health, race and, ultimately, self-acceptance, for fans of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and Emergency Contact. Jocelyn Wu has just three wishes for her junior year: To make it through without dying of boredom, to direct a short film with her BFF Priya Venkatram, and to get at least two months into the year without being compared to or confused with Peggy Chang, the only other Chinese girl in her grade. Will Domenici has two goals: to find a paying summer internship, and to prove he has what it takes to become an editor on his school paper. Then Jocelyn's father tells her their family restaurant may be going under, and all wishes are off. Because her dad has the marketing skills of a dumpling, it's up to Jocelyn and her unlikely new employee, Will, to bring A-Plus Chinese Garden into the 21st century (or, at least, to Facebook). What starts off as a rocky partnership soon grows into something more. But family prejudices and the uncertain future of A-Plus threaten to keep Will and Jocelyn apart. It will take everything they have and more, to save the family restaurant and their budding romance.
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Cute little piece of fluff (with bonus depression and anxiety!). The last chapter ruined the book for me though; it really comes across as preachy and unnecessary and makes the book about “issues” instead of the story, which is fairly tidy and predictable. It would have been a 3 star read otherwise. The long-term use of SSRIs by Mrs. Wu is problematic for me because that's not something that should be normalized. The data does not support it.
