admin reviewed You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
Resonated with me but no real plot
4 stars
Content warning CW: Mental health
As someone who is very invested in mental health, I found this book to be extremely interesting. The main character is a queer Palestinian woman who struggles with her relationship with her mother and also has an addiction to love. This addiction tears apart any relationship she has and leaves her vulnerable to people who will take as much love as they can get from her.
There is a complaint I see that nothing really happens in this book and nothing is resolved. To that I say, that's life. And others complain that the protagonist is extremely unlikely. To that I say, she makes it up for being extremely interesting and relatable.
This might be one of my favourite books of the year, so far.